SC dismisses NIA’s plea in opposition to bail granted to Anand Teltumbde in Elgar Parishad-Maoist hyperlinks case | India Information
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Courtroom on Friday dismissed a plea filed by the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) in opposition to the bail granted to scholar-activist Anand Teltumbde within the Elgar Parishad-Maoist hyperlinks case.
A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice Hima Kohli mentioned it will not intervene with the Bombay Excessive Courtroom order granting bail to Teltumbde.
The excessive courtroom on November 18 had granted bail to Teltumbde, noting that prima facie the one case made out in opposition to him pertains to alleged affiliation with a terror group and help given to it, for which the utmost punishment is 10 years in jail.
The excessive courtroom, nonetheless, had stayed its bail order for per week in order that the NIA, the probe company within the case, might method the Supreme Courtroom.
Teltumbde, 73, is the third accused of the overall 16 arrested within the case to be launched on bail.
Poet Varavara Rao is at present out on bail on well being grounds whereas lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj is out on common bail.
A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice Hima Kohli mentioned it will not intervene with the Bombay Excessive Courtroom order granting bail to Teltumbde.
The excessive courtroom on November 18 had granted bail to Teltumbde, noting that prima facie the one case made out in opposition to him pertains to alleged affiliation with a terror group and help given to it, for which the utmost punishment is 10 years in jail.
The excessive courtroom, nonetheless, had stayed its bail order for per week in order that the NIA, the probe company within the case, might method the Supreme Courtroom.
Teltumbde, 73, is the third accused of the overall 16 arrested within the case to be launched on bail.
Poet Varavara Rao is at present out on bail on well being grounds whereas lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj is out on common bail.
