New Delhi [India], October 31 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday heard arguments on pleas of Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid, Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider and Shifa Ur Rehman challenging the Delhi High Court order which denied them bail in the UAPA case linked to the alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2020 north-east Delhi riots .

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Umar Khalid, told the top court that he was not even in Delhi when the riots took place. He said the prosecution has been delaying the trial and then blaming Khalid for the same.

Senior advocate Siddhartha Dave, representing the Imam, argued that he did not make any calls for violence and was only exercising his right to peaceful protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

He said that he never made any call

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