India, Sept. 2 -- The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed bail pleas filed by activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, and seven others accused in a UAPA case linked to the alleged conspiracy behind the February 2020 Delhi riots.

A division bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur delivered the verdict, stating, "All the appeals are dismissed." The detailed judgment is awaited.

Those whose bail pleas were rejected include Khalid, Imam, Mohd Saleem Khan, Shifa Ur Rehman, Athar Khan, Meeran Haider, Abdul Khalid Saifi, Gulfisha Fatima, and Shadab Ahmed. The accused have been in jail since 2020 after a trial court earlier dismissed their bail applications.

The prosecution argued the riots were not spontaneous but the outcome of a "...