India, Sept. 2 -- The Delhi high court on Tuesday denied bail to activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and others accused in the "larger conspiracy" case related to the 2020 riots in Delhi.

The court also rejected the bail petitions filed by seven other accused: activist Gulfisha Fatima, United Against Hate (UAH) founder Khalid Saifi, Athar Khan, Mohd Saleem, Shifa ur Rehman, Meeran Haider and Shadaab Ahmed.

"All the appeals are dismissed," a bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur said while pronouncing the verdict. The high court had reserved its verdict on the bail petitions on July 9.

A coordinate bench of the Delhi high court, comprising justices Subramonium Prasad and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, also denied bail to Tasl...