The Delhi High Court on Friday sought the police’s response to a bail plea filed by activist Umar Khalid in the 2020 riots conspiracy case, The Indian Express reported. A division bench of Justices Prathiba Singh and Vikas Mahajan will hear Khalid’s bail plea on August 27 along with the regular bail plea of activist Sharjeel Imam, who has also been accused of involvement in the case. On July 4, a Delhi court rejected Imam and Khalid’s bail petition. The Supreme Court in its January order had said that both activists can file fresh petitions after all protected witnesses are examined or after one year. However, the bench had granted bail to Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider, Shifa-ur-Rehman, Shadab Ahmed and Muhammad Saleem Khan.