NEW DELHI, June 12 -- A Delhi court has denied bail to Zoya Khan, the wife of gangster Hashim Baba and one of the key accused in businessman Nadir Shah's 2024 murder, observing that she had an active role in the conspiracy from arranging shooters to post-murder cover-up.

The order was passed by Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Pratap Singh Laler of Patiala House courts on June 9 (Wednesday) and released on Thursday.

The court dismissed the first bail plea moved by Khan, also known as "lady don", after she was arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell in the case on February 24 last year.

The court held that the offence was grave - a premeditated conspiracy to commit murder in furtherance of which the deceased Nadir Shah was gunned dow...