New Delhi, Jan. 6 -- The families of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam on Monday said that their hopes had been dashed after the Supreme Court denied the two bail in the alleged larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 Delhi riots, saying that they had not received justice.

Walking out of the court after the judgment, Umar's father, SQR Ilyas, told HT, "I have nothing to say now. It's unfortunate. The judgment is here and I have no comments now."

The court cited Khalid and Imam's "central and formative roles" conspiracy while denying them bail. At the same time, it granted bail to five co-accused, Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider, Shifa-ur-Rehman, Mohd Saleem Khan and Shadab Ahmed, taking into consideration the subsidiary nature of the alleg...