New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the stand of the city police on appeals by two convicts in the murder case of Intelligence officer Ankit Sharma, who was attacked by a mob and his body dumped in a drain during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots. A bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Vikas Mahajan admitted the appeals by Nazim and Kasim and issued notice to the prosecution. The counsel appearing for the two appellants said their conviction by the trial court cannot be sustained. On July 31, the trial court sentenced Hussain and four co-convicts to life imprisonment. Communal violence had erupted in northeast Delhi in February 2020 during protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.