New Delhi, July 31 -- The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice on activist and former JNU scholar Umar Khalid's appeal challenging the trial court's July 4 order rejecting his third regular bail plea in the alleged larger conspiracy case related to the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.

A Division Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Vikas Mahajan also issued notice on Khalid's application seeking interim bail and listed both the appeal and the interim bail plea for hearing on August 27.

Senior Advocate Trideep Pais, appearing for Khalid, submitted that the appeal challenges the trial court's order dismissing his third bail application.

Additional Solicitor General S V Raju appeared on behalf of the Delhi Police.

Khalid has sou...