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.
The apex court on Friday refused to interfere with the arrest of five right activists and declined to appoint a special investigation team (SIT) to probe their arrest.
Amit Shah referred to an old tweet by his Congress counterpart to take aim at the main Opposition party while accusing it of defaming 'honest' people.
The three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, in a 2:1 verdict, refused the plea seeking the immediate release of the activists.
The Maharashtra police had arrested them on August 28 in connection with an FIR lodged following a conclave -- ‘Elgaar Parishad’ -- held on December 31 last year that had later triggered violence at Koregaon-Bhima village in the state.
The Maharashtra police had arrested them on August 28 in connection with an FIR lodged following a conclave -- ‘Elgaar Parishad’ -- held on December 31 last year that had later triggered violence at Koregaon-Bhima village in the state.
The five activists - Varavara Rao, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, Sudha Bharadwaj and Gautam Navlakha - are under arrest at their respective homes since August 29.
The top court told the Maharashtra government that there should be a clear-cut distinction between opposition and dissent on one hand and attempts to create disturbance, law and order problems or overthrow the government on the other.
A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud will continue with the hearing tomorrow on the plea filed by historian Romila Thapar and four others.
The Supreme Court had said that it may consider ordering a probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) if it is found that the evidence produced by the Maharashtra Police has been 'cooked up'.
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