Bhima-Koregaon case: SC grants 2 weeks’ interim bail to activist Mahesh Raut
The bench specified that Mahesh Raut's release is subject to the terms and conditions to be determined by the special NIA court holding the trial.
The bench specified that Mahesh Raut's release is subject to the terms and conditions to be determined by the special NIA court holding the trial.
A vacation bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice Augustine George Masih asked the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to seek instruction on Raut’s plea for interim bail.
The Bombay High Court had in January directed Professor Sen to approach the special NIA court for bail before coming to it.
Court said that it granted bail to Gonsalves and Ferreira while considering that almost five years had lapsed since they were taken into custody.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Friday vehemently contested the Supreme Court order allowing activist Gautam Navlakha, accused in Bhima Koregaon case, to be placed under house arrest.
The case is related to the alleged inflammatory speeches delivered at a conclave a night before the violence broke out near the Bhima-Koregaon war memorial over two years ago.
He said the Centre has taken over only the Elgaar Parishad case and not the Bhima Koregaon violence case which was a result of the alleged inflammatory speeches delivered at the conclave in December 2017.
'We shall seek legal opinion on the matter. We shall also discuss the matter with the Chief Minister before setting up a Special Investigation Team,' Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said.
Pawar termed the decision as “unconstitutional” as he said that it violates the state’s jurisdiction over law and order issues.
The caste riots claiming one life, erupted on January 1, 2018 when over a lakh Dalits from across the state and country were celebrating the bi-cententary (200 years) of the historic Anglo-Maratha War in Koregaon Bhima.
