India, Sept. 11 -- Former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) scholar Umar Khalid has approached the Supreme Court seeking bail in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case, challenging a September 2 order by the Delhi High Court that denied him relief.

Khalid, who has spent nearly four years in prison under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), is facing charges of being part of the larger conspiracy behind the February 2020 riots in northeast Delhi. The riots, which erupted amid protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), left 53 dead and over 700 injured.

In his petition, filed through advocate N Sai Vinod, Khalid challenged the high court's 133-page judgment that found a prima facie case under UAPA against him. The high ...