New Delhi, Sept. 19 -- The hearing of bail pleas of activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima and Meeran Haider was deferred by the Supreme Court from Friday to September 22.

A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Manmohan deferred the pleas.

The accused have denied all the allegations against them. They have been in jail since 2020.

On September 2, the Delhi High Court denied bail to the 9 people, including Khalid and Imam, saying "conspiratorial" violence under the garb of demonstrations or protests by citizens could not be allowed.

Besides Umar Khalid and Imam, those who faced bail rejection are Fatima, Haider, Mohd Saleem Khan, Shifa Ur Rehman, Athar Khan, Abdul Khalid Saifi and Shadab Ahmed.

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