By PTI
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Wednesday allowed 82-year-old poet and activist P Varavara Rao, an accused within the Bhima Koregaon case, to strategy the trial courtroom together with his plea to journey to Hyderabad for cataract surgical procedure.
A 3-judge bench of Justices U U Lalit, S R Bhat, and Sudhanshu Dhulia famous that as per its August 10 order, it was directed that Rao shall not depart the world of Greater Mumbai with out specific permission from the trial courtroom.
Senior advocate Anand Grover, showing for Rao, submitted that the petitioner is 82 years of age and has been suggested of cataract surgical procedure.
He submitted that Rao hails from Telangana and was a resident of Hyderabad.
Grover mentioned that as a result of Rao has his roots in Hyderabad, he wish to get operated there.
Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, showing for the NIA, opposed his plea and mentioned earlier when three months got, he didn’t go for the surgical procedure.
The apex courtroom in its order mentioned, “However, considering the limitations put by this Court, the Petitioner was to stay within the limits of Greater Mumbai.”
“Instead of this court considering the request, we give the petitioner the liberty to make a representation before the concerned trial court within two weeks with an advance copy to the public prosecutor,” the bench mentioned.
The apex courtroom mentioned that the involved courtroom shall think about the plea inside three weeks on receipt of such software.
The high courtroom on August 10 granted bail to Rao, an accused within the Bhima Koregaon case, on medical grounds.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) vehemently opposed Rao’s plea within the apex courtroom claiming that he’s concerned in “serious anti-national activities”.
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 conflict memorial on the outskirts of the western Maharashtra metropolis.
The Pune Police had additionally claimed that the conclave was organised by individuals with alleged Maoist hyperlinks.
The NIA later took over the probe within the matter.
Rao was arrested on August 28, 2018, from his Hyderabad residence and is accused within the case for which an FIR was lodged by the Pune Police on January 8, 2018, underneath numerous sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Wednesday allowed 82-year-old poet and activist P Varavara Rao, an accused within the Bhima Koregaon case, to strategy the trial courtroom together with his plea to journey to Hyderabad for cataract surgical procedure.
A 3-judge bench of Justices U U Lalit, S R Bhat, and Sudhanshu Dhulia famous that as per its August 10 order, it was directed that Rao shall not depart the world of Greater Mumbai with out specific permission from the trial courtroom.
Senior advocate Anand Grover, showing for Rao, submitted that the petitioner is 82 years of age and has been suggested of cataract surgical procedure.
He submitted that Rao hails from Telangana and was a resident of Hyderabad.
Grover mentioned that as a result of Rao has his roots in Hyderabad, he wish to get operated there.
Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, showing for the NIA, opposed his plea and mentioned earlier when three months got, he didn’t go for the surgical procedure.
The apex courtroom in its order mentioned, “However, considering the limitations put by this Court, the Petitioner was to stay within the limits of Greater Mumbai.”
“Instead of this court considering the request, we give the petitioner the liberty to make a representation before the concerned trial court within two weeks with an advance copy to the public prosecutor,” the bench mentioned.
The apex courtroom mentioned that the involved courtroom shall think about the plea inside three weeks on receipt of such software.
The high courtroom on August 10 granted bail to Rao, an accused within the Bhima Koregaon case, on medical grounds.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) vehemently opposed Rao’s plea within the apex courtroom claiming that he’s concerned in “serious anti-national activities”.
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 conflict memorial on the outskirts of the western Maharashtra metropolis.
The Pune Police had additionally claimed that the conclave was organised by individuals with alleged Maoist hyperlinks.
The NIA later took over the probe within the matter.
Rao was arrested on August 28, 2018, from his Hyderabad residence and is accused within the case for which an FIR was lodged by the Pune Police on January 8, 2018, underneath numerous sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.