Elgar Parishad case: Bombay HC refuses bail to activist Jyoti Jagtap

By PTI

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Monday refused to grant bail to activist Jyoti Jagtap, arrested within the Elgar Parishad-Maoist hyperlinks case, saying the National Investigation Agency’s case towards her was “prima facie true”.

The NIA had alleged that Jagtap was spreading actions of the banned outfit CPI (Maoist) in city areas and that she made efforts to mobilise Dalits on the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017, to protest towards the federal government and to create hatred towards it.

A division bench of Justices A S Gadkari and M N Jadhav dismissed the enchantment filed by 34-year-old Jagtap, difficult a February 2022 order of a particular courtroom refusing to grant her bail.

“We are of the opinion that the NIA case is prima facie true. Hence the appeal stands dismissed,” the courtroom stated.

Jagtap, accused of singing and elevating provocative slogans on the Elgar Parishad conclave together with different members of the Kabir Kala Manch, was arrested within the case in September 2020 and has been lodged on the Byculla girls’s jail in Mumbai since then.

According to the investigators, provocative speeches had been allegedly made on the Elgar Parishad conclave on December 31, 2017, triggering violence at Koregaon-Bhima in Maharashtra’s Pune district on January 1, 2018.

The Pune police had claimed the conclave was backed by Maoists. The NIA later took over the probe into the case. According to the NIA, Kabir Kala Manch is a frontal group for the banned terror outfit CPI (Maoist).

While Jagtap, a singer-cum-activist, claimed she was harmless and the NIA failed to ascertain any prima facie proof towards her, the company stated Jagtap had made efforts to mobilise Dalits on the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017, to protest towards the federal government and to create hatred towards it.

The NIA had additionally alleged that Jagtap was spreading actions of the CPI (Maoist) in city areas.

The central probe company had claimed Jagtap was an lively member of the CPI (Maoist) and that she was spreading actions of the banned “terror group” in city areas and had undergone coaching for utilizing weapons and explosives.

However, Jagtap argued that the Kabir Kala Manch was a cultural group which tried to convey communal concord and secularism again into Indian society by means of music and poetry.

Out of 16 folks arrested within the case, Father Stan Swamy died at a personal hospital right here final 12 months whereas in judicial custody.

Two different accused – Sudha Bharadwaj and Varavara Rao – are out on bail, whereas the others are nonetheless in jail

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Monday refused to grant bail to activist Jyoti Jagtap, arrested within the Elgar Parishad-Maoist hyperlinks case, saying the National Investigation Agency’s case towards her was “prima facie true”.

The NIA had alleged that Jagtap was spreading actions of the banned outfit CPI (Maoist) in city areas and that she made efforts to mobilise Dalits on the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017, to protest towards the federal government and to create hatred towards it.

A division bench of Justices A S Gadkari and M N Jadhav dismissed the enchantment filed by 34-year-old Jagtap, difficult a February 2022 order of a particular courtroom refusing to grant her bail.

“We are of the opinion that the NIA case is prima facie true. Hence the appeal stands dismissed,” the courtroom stated.

Jagtap, accused of singing and elevating provocative slogans on the Elgar Parishad conclave together with different members of the Kabir Kala Manch, was arrested within the case in September 2020 and has been lodged on the Byculla girls’s jail in Mumbai since then.

According to the investigators, provocative speeches had been allegedly made on the Elgar Parishad conclave on December 31, 2017, triggering violence at Koregaon-Bhima in Maharashtra’s Pune district on January 1, 2018.

The Pune police had claimed the conclave was backed by Maoists. The NIA later took over the probe into the case. According to the NIA, Kabir Kala Manch is a frontal group for the banned terror outfit CPI (Maoist).

While Jagtap, a singer-cum-activist, claimed she was harmless and the NIA failed to ascertain any prima facie proof towards her, the company stated Jagtap had made efforts to mobilise Dalits on the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017, to protest towards the federal government and to create hatred towards it.

The NIA had additionally alleged that Jagtap was spreading actions of the CPI (Maoist) in city areas.

The central probe company had claimed Jagtap was an lively member of the CPI (Maoist) and that she was spreading actions of the banned “terror group” in city areas and had undergone coaching for utilizing weapons and explosives.

However, Jagtap argued that the Kabir Kala Manch was a cultural group which tried to convey communal concord and secularism again into Indian society by means of music and poetry.

Out of 16 folks arrested within the case, Father Stan Swamy died at a personal hospital right here final 12 months whereas in judicial custody.

Two different accused – Sudha Bharadwaj and Varavara Rao – are out on bail, whereas the others are nonetheless in jail