HC says Elgar Parishad accused Varavara Rao neednt surrender till Nov 18
Mumbai Oct 26 PTI The Bombay High Court on Tuesday said poet Varavara Rao an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case who is on interim bail need not surrender before the Taloja prison authorities until November 18 and adjourned the hearing on a plea filed by him to next monthRao 82 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 Rao filed an application last month through his lawyer R Sathyanarayanan and senior counsel Anand Grover seeking extension of the bail period He also sought HC permission to stay in his hometown of Hyderabad while out on bailHowever the National Investigation Agency NIA the probe agency in the case opposed Raos plea for extension of medical bail and shifting to Hyderabad saying the octogenarian poet-activists medical reports do not indicate that he suffers from any serious ailmentIn its affidavit filed before the HC last month the NIA had said that the medical reports filed by Rao did not disclose any major ailment which necessitated him to take treatment at Hyderabad neither did it form a ground for further extension of bailOn Tuesday a bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and SV Kotwal adjourned the hearing on Raos plea due to paucity of timeThe bench also asked Rao to file a separate plea seeking permission to shift to his hometown while out on medical bailAs part of the stringent conditions imposed on his interim bail by the HC Rao has been staying with his wife in a rented accommodation in MumbaiAt the time that he was granted bail Rao had been undergoing treatment for multiple ailments at the private Nanavati Hospital in the metropolis where he had been admitted by the Maharashtra 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 Oct 26 PTI The Bombay High Court on Tuesday said poet Varavara Rao an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case who is on interim bail need not surrender before the Taloja prison authorities until November 18 and adjourned the hearing on a plea filed by him to next monthRao 82 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 Rao filed an application last month through his lawyer R Sathyanarayanan and senior counsel Anand Grover seeking extension of the bail period He also sought HC permission to stay in his hometown of Hyderabad while out on bailHowever the National Investigation Agency NIA the probe agency in the case opposed Raos plea for extension of medical bail and shifting to Hyderabad saying the octogenarian poet-activists medical reports do not indicate that he suffers from any serious ailmentIn its affidavit filed before the HC last month the NIA had said that the medical reports filed by Rao did not disclose any major ailment which necessitated him to take treatment at Hyderabad neither did it form a ground for further extension of bailOn Tuesday a bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and SV Kotwal adjourned the hearing on Raos plea due to paucity of timeThe bench also asked Rao to file a separate plea seeking permission to shift to his hometown while out on medical bailAs part of the stringent conditions imposed on his interim bail by the HC Rao has been staying with his wife in a rented accommodation in MumbaiAt the time that he was granted bail Rao had been undergoing treatment for multiple ailments at the private Nanavati Hospital in the metropolis where he had been admitted by the Maharashtra 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
