India, July 9 -- The Delhi High Court on Tuesday expressed displeasure over the Delhi Police opposing the bail plea of Tasleem Ahmad, co-accused in 2020 Delhi riots larger conspiracy case. The court noted that arguments on framing of charges remained incomplete even after 5 years of the incident.

A bench comprising justices Subramonium Prasad and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar portrayed its dismay, after Ahmad urged the court to release him on bail citing delay in trial and period of custody already fulfilled. Ahmad, represented by advocate Mahmood Pracha, had submitted that he had already been incarcerated for five years and the trial's slow pace makes more jail time unjustifiable.

He further argued that only five accused had completed th...