India, April 24 -- The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed Delhi police's petition challenging the bail granted to former Congress councillor Ishrat Jahan in the February 2020 Delhi riots larger conspiracy case.

A bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja observed that more than four years had elapsed since bail was granted to Jahan, with no allegations of any violation of the bail conditions. In view of this, the court said that it was not inclined to interfere with the earlier bail order.

Jahan was granted bail by the trial court in March 2022, after which the Delhi Police approached the Delhi High Court in July, challenging the order.

In its petition, the police argued that the trial court had misapplied provisions of the ...