After Opposing Bail for Years, NIA Now Says it Doesn’t Need Custody of Shoma Sen
After Opposing Bail for Years, NIA Now Says it Doesn’t Need Custody of Shoma Sen
18/03/2024
The Wire / by Sukanya Shantha
Sixty-five-year-old Sen, who suffers with hypertension and arthritis among other ailments, has moved bail applications before the trial court and the apex court on several occasions. Her bail application, however, came to be rejected each time.
After keeping Shoma Sen, a former professor at Nagpur University, in prison for close to six years, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has now stated that they no longer need her custody. The agency, having completed investigation in the Elgar Parishad case, has already filed the chargesheet. But all along, and as recently as in December 2023, the agency had vehemently opposed her bail application both in the lower court and the Supreme Court.
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‘Don’t Need Shoma Sen In Custody Anymore’: NIA Tells SC; Oral Arguments In Bail Plea Concluded
16/03/2024
Live Law / by Awstika Das
In a significant development, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) made a surprising admission in the Supreme Court this week regarding former Nagpur University professor and Bhima Koregaon-accused Shoma Sen.
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NIA tells SC it does not need custody of accused Shoma Sen anymore
16/03/2024
Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff
The court said it would examine the seriousness of the allegations against the former Nagpur University professor and then take a decision.
The National Investigation Agency informed the Supreme Court this week that it no longer requires the custody of former Nagpur University professor Shoma Sen, who is among those accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, Live Law reported.
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Also read:
▪ ‘No Evidence Establishes UAPA Case, Links With Banned Groups’: Bhima-Koregaon Accused Shoma Sen Argues For Bail In Supreme Court (Live Law / Feb 2024)
▪ “Hopefully waiting” writes Shoma Sen from prison (InSAF India / Jul 2023)