Bhima Koregaon case: SC grants bail to Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira
Court said that it granted bail to Gonsalves and Ferreira while considering that almost five years had lapsed since they were taken into custody.
Court said that it granted bail to Gonsalves and Ferreira while considering that almost five years had lapsed since they were taken into custody.
The activists were arrested following a probe into a conclave — ‘Elgaar Parishad’ — held on December 31 last year that had later triggered violence at Koregaon-Bhima village in the state.
Varavara Rao was arrested on August 28 by the Pune Police. He is under house arrest since August 30 as per the Supreme Court's order.
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A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said that it will examine two days later whether there is material supporting the arrest of five rights activists.
On August 28, the Pune Police had carried raids in multiple cities resulting in the arrest of five human rights activists.
The top court was hearing the petition filed against the arrest of five leading rights activists and lawyers.
Supreme Court has ordered that the 5 activists, arrested in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence, should be kept under house arrest.
Maharashtra Police had arrested activists -- Sudha Bhardwaj, Varavara Rao, Gautam Navlakha, Vernon Gonsalves, and Arun Ferreira -- on Tuesday.
