Bhima Koregaon case: SC grants bail to activists Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira

By Online Desk

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to activists Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira within the Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad case, noting that they’ve been in custody for 5 years.

The activists had been arrested in August 2018 on costs of inciting violence, underneath the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). 

The Bombay High Court had earlier rejected their bail plea in December 2021. Following this Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira approached the Supreme Court of India. 

A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sudhanshu Dhulia famous that activists Gonsalves and Ferreira had been in custody for 5 years and granted them bail. 

However, the bench ordered they shall not depart Maharashtra and give up their passports to the police.

It additionally directed the 2 activists to make use of one cell every and let the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the case, know their addresses.

The case pertains to the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017, which in keeping with the Pune police was funded by Maoists.

Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira, together with 14 others, have been accused by the National Investigation Agency.

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. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) later took over the probe into the matter.

The Jesuit priest, Stan Swamy who suffered from Parkinson’s illness, was the oldest to be arrested within the case.At the time of his arrest, Swamy’s well being had been waning. But his bail attraction on medical grounds was rejected. In the eight months he spent in Mumbai’s Tajola jail, his well being declined to some extent the place he couldn’t even eat or bathe by himself. He died of issues on the age of 84 on 5 July 2021 bringing a renewed concentrate on the UAPA and its place in India’s democracy.

Many additionally expressed anger on the manner he was jailed throughout Covid-19 and repeatedly denied bail.

READ MORE: Life and liberty within the Bhima Koregaon case

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to activists Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira within the Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad case, noting that they’ve been in custody for 5 years.

The activists had been arrested in August 2018 on costs of inciting violence, underneath the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). 

The Bombay High Court had earlier rejected their bail plea in December 2021. Following this Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira approached the Supreme Court of India. googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sudhanshu Dhulia famous that activists Gonsalves and Ferreira had been in custody for 5 years and granted them bail. 

However, the bench ordered they shall not depart Maharashtra and give up their passports to the police.

It additionally directed the 2 activists to make use of one cell every and let the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the case, know their addresses.

The case pertains to the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017, which in keeping with the Pune police was funded by Maoists.

Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira, together with 14 others, have been accused by the National Investigation Agency.

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. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) later took over the probe into the matter.

The Jesuit priest, Stan Swamy who suffered from Parkinson’s illness, was the oldest to be arrested within the case.At the time of his arrest, Swamy’s well being had been waning. But his bail attraction on medical grounds was rejected. In the eight months he spent in Mumbai’s Tajola jail, his well being declined to some extent the place he couldn’t even eat or bathe by himself. He died of issues on the age of 84 on 5 July 2021 bringing a renewed concentrate on the UAPA and its place in India’s democracy.

Many additionally expressed anger on the manner he was jailed throughout Covid-19 and repeatedly denied bail.

READ MORE: Life and liberty within the Bhima Koregaon case