India, Sept. 6 -- Activist Sharjeel Imam on Saturday approached the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court's order denying him bail in the 2020 Delhi riots case.

The UAPA case is linked to the larger conspiracy behind the February 2020 riots in North-East Delhi.

A bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur dismissed the bail pleas of Imam, along with that of seven others. The court had reserved its order on the pleas, filed in 2022, 2023 and 2024, on July 9, PTI reported.

"All the appeals are dismissed," the HC bench said, while passing the order.

The prosecution had, during the hearing, submitted before the court that the riots were not spontaneous but had been "planned well in advance", adding that this was done with a "s...