New Delhi, Jan. 3 -- The Supreme Court is set to pronounce orders on the bail pleas of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and three others in the Delhi riots case on 5 January after the apex court re-opens following the winter break.

On 10 December, the Supreme Court reserved its verdict on bail pleas of those accused in the UAPA case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the February 2020 riots in Delhi.

A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria heard arguments from Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, Additional Solicitor General S V Raju and senior advocates Kapil Sibal, Abhishek Singhvi, Siddhartha Dave, Salman Khurshid and Sidharth Luthra.

Strongly opposing the bail pleas of activist Umar, Sharjeel and others, the Delhi Police had s...