New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- The Supreme Court is set to hear bail pleas of activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and Gulfisha Fatima on September 12 after the Delhi High Court denied them bail in the February 2020 Delhi riots case.

Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and Gulfisha Fatima were recently denied bail in the UAPA case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the February 2020 riots in Delhi.

The Delhi High Court's order was challenged by the three activists recently. A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and NV Anjaria is likely to hear the bail pleas.

The high court had on September 2 denied bail to nine persons arrested in the February 2020 Delhi riots case, including Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima, Mohd Saleem Khan, Shifa Ur Re...