10 rights activists were arrested by the Pune police from different parts of India in August 2018 for their alleged role in Pune’s December 31, 2017 Elgar Parishad gathering that served as a trigger for the caste riots in Koregaon Bhima the next day.
The Maharashtra police had in August last year arrested the five activists after an FIR was lodged against them following the ‘Elgar Parishad’ conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017.
The state government will mention the issue before Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, seeking an immediate stay on the Delhi High Court order.
The high court granted him the relief saying that the Supreme Court last week had given him the liberty to approach the appropriate forum within four weeks to seek relief, which he has availed.
He pointed out that the apex court had accepted that there is no political influence nor a plot to suppress opposition voice.
A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, in a 2:1 verdict, Friday refused the plea seeking the immediate release of the activists.
