<span style="color: #222222;">The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on petitions filed by historian Romila Thapar and others challenging the arrest of human rights activists in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence case.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The police claim that these activists are Maoists' sympathisers. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">On the other hand, Thapar and other petitioners had moved the Apex Court seeking a direction to release the human rights activists and said that their arrests were illegal.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud reserved the verdict after hearing a detailed argument from the parties concerned. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Court asked all parties to file their written replies by September 24.</span><br />''