The Supreme Court has granted bail to Bhima Koregaon accused Vernon Gonsalves and바카라 웹사이트Arun Ferreira who are facing charges under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 2002, for alleged Maoist links.바카라 웹사이트The case pertains to the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017, which according to the Pune police was funded by Maoists. Police had alleged that the inflammatory speeches made there led to violence at the Koregaon-Bhima war memorial in Pune the next day.
While granting bail, the court noted that both activists have been in custody for almost five years.바카라 웹사이트Although allegations against them are serious, that alone cannot be the sole ground to deny bail and justify their continued detention pending the trial, the court stated.
Both the activists have been lodged in jail since 2018 for alleged offences in connection with the 2018 caste-based violence that broke out at바카라 웹사이트Koregaon-Bhima war memorial in Pune and for having alleged links with the proscribed far-left outfit, Communist Party of India (Maoists).바카라 웹사이트A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sudhanshu Dhulia delivering the judgment said that Gonsalves and Ferreira shall not leave Maharashtra and surrender their passports to the police.바카라 웹사이트It also directed the two activists to use one mobile each and let the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the case, know their addresses.
What is the Bhima Koregaon Case?
Activists바카라 웹사이트Vernon Gonsalves and바카라 웹사이트Arun Ferreira along with 14 others were accused by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) of being responsible for the case-based바카라 웹사이트violence that erupted at the Koregaon-Bhima war memorial in Pune in 2017. The Pune police and the NIA contended that the activists delivered "infalmmatory speeches" which triggered clashes between the Maratha and Dalit groups at an event to commemorate the two hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Koregaon Bhima.바카라 웹사이트
Sixteen activists were arrested바카라 웹사이트for allegedly conspiring and planning the violence and charged with various provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Indian Penal Code바카라 웹사이트based on letters and emails primarily retrieved from their electronic devices, according to a report by LiveLaw.바카라 웹사이트
Other accused
In November 2022,바카라 웹사이트activist Gautam Navlakha was바카라 웹사이트released from jail and put under house arrest on account of his deteriorating health. He was바카라 웹사이트in custody since April 14, 2020, and바카라 웹사이트was바카라 웹사이트lodged바카라 웹사이트in Taloja prison in Navi Mumbai in connection with the Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case.바카라 웹사이트The apex court order came on an appeal against the April 26 order of the Bombay High Court dismissing Navlakha's plea for house arrest over apprehensions of lack of adequate medical and other basic facilities in Taloja jail.
Tribal rights activist Stan Swamy passed away while in custody in July 2021, after being denied바카라 웹사이트bail despite repeated pleas citing Swamy's ill health.바카라 웹사이트Varavara Rao, lawyer and activist Sudha Bhardwaj바카라 웹사이트were all put under house on바카라 웹사이트August 28, 2019,바카라 웹사이트including바카라 웹사이트writer and poet바카라 웹사이트Navlakha. The apex court바카라 웹사이트granted regular bail to Telugu poet-activist Varavara Rao on medical grounds last year.바카라 웹사이트Sudha Bhardwaj was also granted bail in December 2021.바카라 웹사이트
