New Delhi, Sept. 2 -- The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed the bail plea of Tasleem Ahmed, an accused in the UAPA case concerning the alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.

The order was pronounced by a division bench comprising Justice Subramonium Prasad and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar.

In his plea, Ahmed maintained that he was only an anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protester but was arrested on terror charges on June 24, 2020. He urged the Court to grant him bail on the grounds of prolonged custody and delay in the trial proceedings.

Appearing for Ahmed, Advocate Mehmood Pracha argued that the trial court is still at the stage of hearing arguments and that his client should be released on...