The Indian Express / by Deeksha Dwivedi

Raut, the youngest accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, deserves bail, not a protracted legal battle
The Supreme Court of India’s September 16 order granting six weeks of interim bail to Mahesh Raut, one of the 16 arrested in the Bhima Koregaon case, is a study in judicial contradiction. The interim bail on medical grounds, though an act of compassion, paradoxically highlights legal injustice. To understand this, we must look beyond the interim bail and focus on the well-reasoned bail order granted by the Bombay High Court on September 21, 2023.
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