Elgar Parishad case: Bombay HC seeks NIA’s reply on activist Gautam Navlakha’s bail plea

By PTI

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Monday sought the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) response on the bail plea of activist Gautam Navlakha, an accused within the Elgar Parishad Maoist hyperlinks case.

A division bench of Justices A S Gadkari and S G Dige stated it could hear Navlakha’s plea on June 28.

The bench additionally directed the activist’s attorneys to make sure all dates in relation to the case are positioned on document accurately, as his bail plea was heard twice by the particular NIA court docket.

In April this yr, the particular court docket had refused Navlakha bail noting that there was prima facie proof to indicate that the activist was an energetic member of the banned outfit CPI (Maoist).

In his enchantment filed within the excessive court docket, Navlakha stated the particular court docket had erred whereas refusing him bail.

The Supreme Court in November final yr permitted the activist, who was arrested in August 2018, to be positioned beneath home arrest. He is presently residing in Navi Mumbai in neighbouring Thane district.

This is Navlakha’s second spherical of appeals within the excessive court docket searching for common bail. The activist had earlier moved the excessive court docket after the particular NIA court docket had rejected his common bail plea in September final yr.

The NIA had then opposed Navlakha’s bail plea, claiming that he had been launched to a Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) General for his recruitment, which reveals his nexus with the organisation.

The excessive court docket had, nevertheless, opined that the reasoning within the order of the particular court docket was cryptic and didn’t comprise an evaluation of the proof relied upon by the prosecution.

In view of this, the excessive court docket had dominated that the bail software requires a recent listening to by the particular court docket, and had remanded the case again to the court docket. It had additionally directed the particular choose to conclude the listening to inside 4 weeks.

Accordingly, Navlakha had moved the particular court docket for rehearing his case for normal bail. The particular court docket had then reheard the plea on the identical pleadings and rejected the bail plea prompting the current enchantment.

The case towards Navlakha pertains to alleged inflammatory speeches made on the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017, which the police declare triggered violence the following day close to the Koregaon-Bhima War Memorial there.

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Monday sought the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) response on the bail plea of activist Gautam Navlakha, an accused within the Elgar Parishad Maoist hyperlinks case.

A division bench of Justices A S Gadkari and S G Dige stated it could hear Navlakha’s plea on June 28.

The bench additionally directed the activist’s attorneys to make sure all dates in relation to the case are positioned on document accurately, as his bail plea was heard twice by the particular NIA court docket.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

In April this yr, the particular court docket had refused Navlakha bail noting that there was prima facie proof to indicate that the activist was an energetic member of the banned outfit CPI (Maoist).

In his enchantment filed within the excessive court docket, Navlakha stated the particular court docket had erred whereas refusing him bail.

The Supreme Court in November final yr permitted the activist, who was arrested in August 2018, to be positioned beneath home arrest. He is presently residing in Navi Mumbai in neighbouring Thane district.

This is Navlakha’s second spherical of appeals within the excessive court docket searching for common bail. The activist had earlier moved the excessive court docket after the particular NIA court docket had rejected his common bail plea in September final yr.

The NIA had then opposed Navlakha’s bail plea, claiming that he had been launched to a Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) General for his recruitment, which reveals his nexus with the organisation.

The excessive court docket had, nevertheless, opined that the reasoning within the order of the particular court docket was cryptic and didn’t comprise an evaluation of the proof relied upon by the prosecution.

In view of this, the excessive court docket had dominated that the bail software requires a recent listening to by the particular court docket, and had remanded the case again to the court docket. It had additionally directed the particular choose to conclude the listening to inside 4 weeks.

Accordingly, Navlakha had moved the particular court docket for rehearing his case for normal bail. The particular court docket had then reheard the plea on the identical pleadings and rejected the bail plea prompting the current enchantment.

The case towards Navlakha pertains to alleged inflammatory speeches made on the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017, which the police declare triggered violence the following day close to the Koregaon-Bhima War Memorial there.