Varavara Rao gets bail in Surjagarh iron ore mine arson case
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The Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court on Feb. 23 granted interim bail on medical grounds to ailing poet-activist Varavara Rao in reference to a 2016 Surjagarh iron ore mine arson case.
Mr. Rao, 82, and advocate Surendra Gadling have been arrested by the Gadchiroli police in Maharashtra in February 2019 in reference to the case.
Justice Swapna Joshi of the HC’s Nagpur Bench granted bail to Mr. Rao on related grounds on which the Principal Bnch of the High Court on Feb. 22 granted bail to him in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist hyperlinks case.
Mr. Rao suffers from a bunch of illnesses, together with signs of dementia, as per his attorneys.
His advocates Firdos Mirza and Nihalsingh Rathod mentioned the activist had sought bail on well being and medical grounds and never on deserves of the case pertaining to arson on the iron ore mine at Surjagarh in Gadchiroli.
“We pointed out to the court here [Nagpur] the order passed by the Division Bench of Justices S.S. Shinde and Manish Pitale on Monday, granting Rao interim bail for six months after considering his health condition,” Mr. Mirza advised PTI.
Justice Joshi, after perusing the order of the Division Bench, granted interim bail to Mr. Rao for a similar interval in the arson case too, he mentioned.
On December 25, 2016, Naxals allegedly set ablaze least 80 automobiles engaged in transporting iron ore from Surjagarh mines in Etapalli tehsil of Gadchiroli.
Mr. Rao, who’s at the moment admitted in the Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai, had sought bail on medical grounds in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist hyperlinks case, which is being probed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
The case pertains to alleged inflammatory speeches made on the ‘Elgar Parishad’ conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017, which, the police claimed, triggered violence the subsequent day close to the Koregaon-Bhima conflict memorial positioned on the outskirts of the western Maharashtra metropolis.
The police have claimed the conclave was organised by folks with alleged Maoist hyperlinks.
Mr. Rao is accused of great offences beneath the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in the case.
The Bombay High Court on Feb. 22 whereas granting interim bail to Mr. Rao for six months imposed a number of situations on him, together with proscribing him from leaving Mumbai and prohibiting him from establishing any contact with co-accused in the case.
The High Court mentioned after the tip of the six-month interval, Mr. Rao shall both give up earlier than the particular NIA court docket in Mumbai or file an utility earlier than HC searching for extension of the identical.
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