India, May 20 -- The Delhi Police on Tuesday cited differing views of Supreme Court benches on bail under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and argued that the matter requires a larger bench's consideration.

Additional solicitor general SV Raju, who appeared before a bench of justices Aravind Kumar and PB Varale in the bail pleas of the 2020 Delhi riots accused Tasleem Ahmed and Abdul Khalid Saifi, referred to the May 18 remarks of a two-judge bench expressing disagreement with the January 5 decision of the court denying bail to Jawaharlal Nehru University scholar Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam. Justice Aravind Kumar headed the bench that denied bail to Khalid and Imam.

Raju said that the May 18 judgment in a separate case he...