Whereas granting bail to the 82-year-old, a bench headed by Justice U U Lalit mentioned he shall not misuse the freedom in any method
New Delhi: The Supreme Court docket Wednesday granted bail to poet and activist P Varavara Rao on medical grounds within the Bhima-Koregaon case.
Whereas granting bail to the 82-year-old, a bench headed by Justice U U Lalit mentioned he shall not misuse the freedom in any method.
Rao, who had challenged the Bombay Excessive Court docket’s April 13 order rejecting his plea for everlasting bail on medical grounds, is presently on interim bail.
The case pertains to alleged inflammatory speeches made on the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017, which the police claimed triggered violence the following day close to the Koregaon-Bhima battle memorial on the outskirts of the western Maharashtra metropolis.
The Pune Police had additionally claimed the conclave was organised by folks with alleged Maoist hyperlinks. The Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) later took over the probe within the matter.
Rao was arrested on August 28, 2018 from his Hyderabad residence and is an under-trial within the case. An FIR was lodged by the Pune Police on January 8, 2018 beneath varied sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act.