Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam have moved a Delhi Court seeking bail in the case alleging larger conspiracy into the commission of 2020 North East Delhi riots registered under UAPA.

Vacation Judge Dr. Sumedh Kumar Sethiof Karkardooma Courts issued notice in the bail pleas and sought response of the Delhi Police.

The matter is listed for hearing on July 04.

Imam and Khalid have filed regular bail pleas after a coordinate bench of the Supreme Court questioned the ruling denying bail to them.

Imam's bail pleas highlights that despite the passage of more than six months since the Supreme Court's judgment, there has been no meaningful progress in the trial proceedings.

It is his case that with arguments on charge still remaining incomplete, Imam continues to undergo prolonged incarceration of nearly six years in the case.

FIR 59 of 2020 is being probed by Delhi Police's Special Cell. The case has been registered under various offences under the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

The accused in the case are Tahir Hussain, Umar Khalid, Khalid Saifi, Isharat Jahan, Meeran Haider, Gulfisha Fatima, Shifa-Ur-Rehman, Asif Iqbal Tanha, Shadab Ahmed, Tasleem Ahmed, Saleem Malik, Mohd. Saleem Khan, Athar Khan, Safoora Zargar, Sharjeel Imam, Faizan Khan and Natasha Narwal.