The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on petitions filed by Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and four other accused seeking bail in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case.

Booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), 1967, the six accused — Khalid, Imam, Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider, Shifa Ur Rehman and Md. Saleem Khan— have been in jail for more than five years.

A Bench of Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice NV Anjaria reserved its verdict after Additional Solicitor General SV Raju concluded his arguments on behalf of the Delhi Police. The accused concluded arguments on their bail pleas on Tuesday.

The Bench asked the lawyers for various parties to submit written arguments by December 18.

The six accused are facing charges of criminal conspiracy, sedition, promo

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