HC Elgar case accused Varavara Rao neednt surrender till Dec 2
Mumbai Nov 18 PTI The Bombay High Court on Thursday extended till December 2 the time granted to poet Varavara Rao an accused in the Elgar-Parishad-Maoist links case who is currently out on medical bail to surrender before the Taloja prison authorities in MaharashtraRao 83 had been granted interim bail for six months on medical grounds by the HC on February 22 this year He was scheduled to surrender and return to judicial custody on September 5However the poet-activist filed an application through his lawyers R Sathyanarayanan and senior counsel Anand Grover seeking extension of medical bail He also sought permission to stay in his hometown of Hyderabad while out on bailOn Thursday Grover told a bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and SV Kotwal that while out on bail Raos health condition deteriorated and he had been admitted to privately-run Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai for treatment from November 6 to November 16Grover urged the HC to extend the octogenarians medical bail by four monthsOn previous hearings the National Investigation Agency NIA had opposed Raos plea for extension of medical bail and shifting to Hyderabad saying his medical reports do not indicate that he suffers from any serious ailmentOn Thursday NIA counsel Sandesh Patil told the court that Rao must restrict his prayer in present petition to extension of his medical bailPatil said the accused must be directed to file a separate petition to seek other reliefs including the permission to shift to his hometown while on bailThe HC adjourned further hearing on Raos plea to November 29It directed the Nanavati Hospital to submit Raos latest health reports by the next date of hearing and added that the poet neednt surrender before the authorities in Navi Mumbais Taloja jail till December 2As part of the stringent conditions imposed on his interim bail by the HC in February Rao is not allowed to leave Mumbai and hence he has been staying with his wife at a rented accommodation in the cityAt the time he was granted bail Rao had been undergoing treatment for multiple ailments at the Nanavati Hospital where he had been admitted by the prison authorities following the HCs interventionThe case relates to alleged inflammatory speeches delivered at the Elgar Parishad conclave held at Shaniwarwada in Pune on December 31 2017 which the police claimed triggered violence the next day near the Koregaon-Bhima war memorial located on the citys outskirtsThe Pune police had claimed the conclave was backed by Maoists The probe in the case in which more than a dozen activists and academicians have been named accused was later transferred to the NIA PTI AYA RSY RSY
Mumbai Nov 18 PTI The Bombay High Court on Thursday extended till December 2 the time granted to poet Varavara Rao an accused in the Elgar-Parishad-Maoist links case who is currently out on medical bail to surrender before the Taloja prison authorities in MaharashtraRao 83 had been granted interim bail for six months on medical grounds by the HC on February 22 this year He was scheduled to surrender and return to judicial custody on September 5However the poet-activist filed an application through his lawyers R Sathyanarayanan and senior counsel Anand Grover seeking extension of medical bail He also sought permission to stay in his hometown of Hyderabad while out on bailOn Thursday Grover told a bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and SV Kotwal that while out on bail Raos health condition deteriorated and he had been admitted to privately-run Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai for treatment from November 6 to November 16Grover urged the HC to extend the octogenarians medical bail by four monthsOn previous hearings the National Investigation Agency NIA had opposed Raos plea for extension of medical bail and shifting to Hyderabad saying his medical reports do not indicate that he suffers from any serious ailmentOn Thursday NIA counsel Sandesh Patil told the court that Rao must restrict his prayer in present petition to extension of his medical bailPatil said the accused must be directed to file a separate petition to seek other reliefs including the permission to shift to his hometown while on bailThe HC adjourned further hearing on Raos plea to November 29It directed the Nanavati Hospital to submit Raos latest health reports by the next date of hearing and added that the poet neednt surrender before the authorities in Navi Mumbais Taloja jail till December 2As part of the stringent conditions imposed on his interim bail by the HC in February Rao is not allowed to leave Mumbai and hence he has been staying with his wife at a rented accommodation in the cityAt the time he was granted bail Rao had been undergoing treatment for multiple ailments at the Nanavati Hospital where he had been admitted by the prison authorities following the HCs interventionThe case relates to alleged inflammatory speeches delivered at the Elgar Parishad conclave held at Shaniwarwada in Pune on December 31 2017 which the police claimed triggered violence the next day near the Koregaon-Bhima war memorial located on the citys outskirtsThe Pune police had claimed the conclave was backed by Maoists The probe in the case in which more than a dozen activists and academicians have been named accused was later transferred to the NIA PTI AYA RSY RSY
