The apex court, however, clarified that since the charge sheet was filed, the accused might now seek regular bail from the trial court, which would decide the pleas on merits and without being influenced by its observations in the present case.
Pune Police today arrested noted scholar and author Anand Teltumbde in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case after his anticipatory bail plea was rejected by a court on Friday.
Teltumbde filed the anticipatory (pre-arrest) bail application before the Pune court after the Supreme Court rejected his plea seeking to quash the FIR against him in the Elgar Parishad case.
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on the Maharashtra government's appeal challenging the refusal of the Bombay High Court to extend the 90-day limit for filing charge-sheet in the Koregaon-Bhima violence case.
Last year, the celebrations, attended by around 300,000 people had turned violent, killing one and effecting a Maharashtra shutdown on January 3, leading to a major churning in caste and ideological politics.
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The action includes barring some persons from entering the area and `externment' (eviction from the district) of some others, senior police officials said here Saturday.
The police had alleged that inflammatory speeches and provocative statements made by several activists during the Elgar Parishad conclave had contributed to the violence that broke out around Koregaon Bhima village the next day, January 1.
The bench has now posted the appeal for further hearing on December 11.
Joint Commissioner of Police (Pune) Shivaji Bodakhe said an extension of his house arrest, granted by the Hyderabad High Court, expired on November 15.
The Pune Police in its chargesheet claimed that the Elgaar Parishad, a one-day conference held in Pune on December 31 last year, was organised as per a plan by the banned CPI-Maoist, to mobilise backward classes and other organisations against the government.
The accused activists are: Sudhir P. Dhawale, Rona J. Wilson, Surendra P. Gadling, Shoma Sen, Mahesh S. Raut.
The Elgar Parishad Conclave was organised at the Shaniwar Wada in Pune on December 31 last year to commemorate the victory of the East India Company forces over the Peshwa army in 1818.
Recently, the Bombay High Court had set aside the lower court's order allowing extension of time to police to file its probe report against the rights activists in the violence case.
Gonsalves and Ferreira were taken into the custody by Pune police on Friday evening, hours after the court rejected their bail applications along with that of Sudha Bharadwaj.
The bail applications of Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon S. Gonsalves and Arun T. Ferreira were declined by the Special Judge of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act Court, K.D. Vadane in a common order.
The high court on Wednesday had quashed the lower court's decision by which the Maharashtra police was granted more time to conclude the investigation and file the chargesheet against lawyer Surendra Gadling and others in the case.
The Bombay High Court Wednesday had quashed the lower court’s decision by which the Maharahstra Police was granted more time to conclude the investigation and file the chargesheet in the violence case in which several rights activist had been made accused.
Delhi HC 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 further recourse, which he has availed.
The apex court accepted that there is no political influence nor a plot to suppress opposition voice, Fadnavis said.
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