India, June 11 -- New Delhi

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the Delhi Police's response in a petition filed by former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain, seeking bail in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case.

A vacation bench, comprising justices Neena Bansal Krishna and Madhu Jain, also directed the police to respond to Hussain's application seeking condonation of a 67-day delay in filing his appeal and scheduled the next hearing for July 14.

The Delhi Police was represented by additional solicitor general SV Raju, while Hussain was represented by senior advocate Rajiv Mohan.

Hussain approached the high court challenging a trial court's January 29 order rejecting his bail plea. While dismissing the application, ...