By PTI
MUMBAI: Scholar-activist Anand Teltumbde, an accused within the Elgar Parishad-Maoist hyperlinks case, was on Saturday launched from the Taloja central jail in Navi Mumbai, a day after the Supreme Court rejected the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) plea difficult the bail granted to him, an official mentioned.
Teltumbde, 73, who spent two-and-a-half years behind bars within the case, walked out of the jail round 1.15 pm, he mentioned.
“On Friday, the apex court had dismissed the NIA’s plea challenging the Bombay High Court’s order giving bail to Teltumbde. Accordingly, he was released after the completion of bail formalities,” he mentioned.
On November 18, the excessive courtroom granted bail to Teltumbde, who was arrested by the central company on April 14, 2020, after he surrendered earlier than the NIA, the official mentioned.
Teltumbde is the third of the 16 accused arrested within the case to be launched on bail.
Poet Varavara Rao is at the moment out on bail on well being grounds, whereas lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj secured common 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 subsequent day close to the Koregaon-Bhima struggle memorial on the outskirts of the western Maharashtra metropolis.
Pune Police had additionally claimed that the conclave was organised by some individuals with alleged Maoist hyperlinks.
A First Information Report was lodged by Pune Police on January 8, 2018, below the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The NIA later took over the case.
Teltumbde had claimed he was not current on the December 31, 2017, Elgar Parishad occasion held in Pune metropolis, nor made any provocative speeches.
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MUMBAI: Scholar-activist Anand Teltumbde, an accused within the Elgar Parishad-Maoist hyperlinks case, was on Saturday launched from the Taloja central jail in Navi Mumbai, a day after the Supreme Court rejected the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) plea difficult the bail granted to him, an official mentioned.
Teltumbde, 73, who spent two-and-a-half years behind bars within the case, walked out of the jail round 1.15 pm, he mentioned.
“On Friday, the apex court had dismissed the NIA’s plea challenging the Bombay High Court’s order giving bail to Teltumbde. Accordingly, he was released after the completion of bail formalities,” he mentioned.
On November 18, the excessive courtroom granted bail to Teltumbde, who was arrested by the central company on April 14, 2020, after he surrendered earlier than the NIA, the official mentioned.
Teltumbde is the third of the 16 accused arrested within the case to be launched on bail.
Poet Varavara Rao is at the moment out on bail on well being grounds, whereas lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj secured common 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 subsequent day close to the Koregaon-Bhima struggle memorial on the outskirts of the western Maharashtra metropolis.
Pune Police had additionally claimed that the conclave was organised by some individuals with alleged Maoist hyperlinks.
A First Information Report was lodged by Pune Police on January 8, 2018, below the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The NIA later took over the case.
Teltumbde had claimed he was not current on the December 31, 2017, Elgar Parishad occasion held in Pune metropolis, nor made any provocative speeches.ALSO READ | UAPA being misused to terrorise folks into silence: Anand Teltumbde