Activist Sharjeel Imam approached the Supreme Court on Saturday against a Delhi High Court decision rejecting his plea for bail in a case linked to the alleged conspiracy behind the February 2020 riots in the national capital.

A Bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur on September 2 dismissed the bail pleas of Mr. Imam, Umar Khalid, Mohd. Saleem Khan, Shifa Ur Rehman, Athar Khan, Meeran Haider, Abdul Khalid Saifi, and Gulfisha Fatima.