The Delhi High Court (HC) on Thursday listed the bail pleas of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student leader Umar Khalid and the others, who are accused in an Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) case linked to the alleged larger conspiracy of 2020 Delhi riots, for hearing on October 7, reported news agency ANI.

Apart from Khalid, a division bench of HC Justices Suresh Kumar Kait and Girish Kathpaliya listed the bail pleas of Abdul Khalid Saifi, Gulfisha Fatima, Sharjeel Imam, and Shadab Ahmed for October 7.

On July 24, the court issued a notice to Delhi Police over Khalid's bail plea.

Khalid was arrested in September 2020 and is in custody since then. He sought a regular bail under Section 437 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, along with Section 43D (5) of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967, for grant of regular bail. The police filed the charge sheet and supplementary charge sheets in the case.