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Govt opposes bail pleas of Rao, Gadling

Govt opposes bail pleas of Rao, Gadling

The Times of India / by TNN

Nagpur: Justifying detention of Naxal sympathizers Vara Vara Rao and lawyer Surendra Gadling for their alleged role in a case of arson wherein around 80 vehicles were torched at Surjagarh mining site in Gadchiroli in 2016, Maharashtra government on Tuesday informed that more names of Maoists and their sympathisers could be revealed as the probe progresses.
In an affidavit submitted to the Nagpur bench of Bombay high court, the government justified the extension of investigation period and the duo’s detention due to non-receipt of e-mails from Yahoo, the web services provider company.
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Will it take 2300 days before the arrestees receive copies of the evidence against them?

Will it take 2300 days before the arrestees receive copies of the evidence against them?

The Leaflet / by Nihalsing B Rathod

Arrested over a year ago, activists still await a bail hearing
The Bhima Koregaon case is perhaps one of the most discussed cases in which every known violation of the law and procedure by the prosecution has been deployed to deny justice to the arrested activists.
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Of 230 Required Copies of Evidence, Only 4 Made in 2 Months

Of 230 Required Copies of Evidence, Only 4 Made in 2 Months

The Wire / by Sukanya Shantha

The defence is alleging that this is the police’s latest tactic to delay the bail hearings and ensure that the rights activists stay in jail.
Mumbai: Over a year since the nine arrested lawyers and activists in the Bhima Koregaon case filed for bail, and after 60-odd hearings on their applications, the court has now stalled the hearings for an indefinite time. The proceedings will resume only after the prosecution hands over electronic evidence, which they have been relying on all along, to the accused persons.
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Magistrate seeks state, cop’s response on default bail plea of 9 accused

Magistrate seeks state, cop’s response on default bail plea of 9 accused

The Times of India / By TNN

Pune: Judicial magistrate first class P S Jondhale on Thursday directed the Pune police and the state prosecution to furnish written submissions by July 22 on a default bail plea filed by Sudhir Dhawale and eight other accused in the Elgar Parishad case.
The accused have sought default bail on the grounds that the offence had not been taken cognizance of by a “competent” court even after 180 days of their arrests and the police ought to have filed the chargesheets before the JMFC court instead of the sessions court, which is handling cases under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPa).
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Activists file default bail plea before magisterial court in Elgar Parishad case

Activists file default bail plea before magisterial court in Elgar Parishad case

The Times of India / by Asseem Shaikh

PUNE: The nine activists arrested in the Elgar Parishad case on Saturday filed a plea before a magisterial court seeking default bail citing that the city police had failed to submit chargesheets against them under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act within 180 days.
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Telugu poet Varavara Rao taken into police custody in Karnataka in connection with a 2005 alleged naxal attack

Telugu poet Varavara Rao taken into police custody in Karnataka in connection with a 2005 alleged naxal attack

The Leaflet / by The Leaflet

Revolutionary Telugu poet and activist Varavara Rao has been taken away by the Karnataka Police from Yerwada jail in Pune into their custody in connection with a 2005 alleged Naxalite attack on the police in Pavagada taluk of Kolar districtin which nine of their personnel were killed. The police have implicated well known singer, Gaddar, along with Rao as a co-conspirator.
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As Bhima Koregaon case accused await bail hearings, families decry dehumanising jail conditions

As Bhima Koregaon case accused await bail hearings, families decry dehumanising jail conditions

Firstpost / by Meena Menon

‘Nyayadhin Bandi Kothdi,’ says a board tucked away in a secluded corner of the Sessions Court complex at Shivajinagar, Pune. That is where the under-trial prisoners who are produced in court are kept in transit from Yerwada Jail. Anxious relatives braved the rain on Thursday (27 June) to get a glimpse of their family members, but a thunderstorm put paid to that. Under-trial prisoners here are escorted to court, tied with thick rope, against Supreme Court rulings. However, the police are more careful with regard to the nine arrested in the high-profile Bhima Koregaon case where they seem to obey the law.
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