Mumbai, Dec 19 (UNI)- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to human rights activist and journalist Gautam Navlakha in the 2018 Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case.
A division bench headed by Justice Ajay Gadkari, while granting the bail,on the ground of parity of co-accused Anand Tel Tumbde directed him to furnish a local surety of Rs 1 lakh however the court stayed the operation of its own order for three weeks to enable the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to approach the Supreme Court. The NIA had sought a stay for six weeks.
Navlakha is the seventh accused who was granted bail by the court. He was arrested in August 2018. The Supreme Court, on November 10, 2022, permitted him to be shifted from the prison and be kept under house arrest. He is currently residing in Navi Mumbai.
Navlakha has moved the Bombay high court challenging the September 5, 2022, special NIA court order which had rejected his regular bail plea.
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