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Mumbai: A special NIA court on Wednesday said lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj, who was earlier granted default bail by the Bombay High Court in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case, may be released from jail on furnishing a bail of Rs 50,000.
The court allowed Bhardwaj to deposit cash bail, which would enable her to walk out of jail on Wednesday or Thursday.
He is currently lodged in Byculla Jail in Mumbai.
Other conditions laid down by the special court for her release include that she will remain within the jurisdiction of the court and cannot leave Mumbai without its permission.
On December 1, the Bombay High Court allowed Bhardwaj’s plea for default bail. However, it had directed the special NIA court to decide on the conditions of his bail and the date of release.
Accordingly, the activist was produced before Special Judge DE Kothalikar on Wednesday.
Bhardwaj was arrested in August 2018 in connection with the Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case under the provisions of the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the appeal of the National Investigation Agency challenging the HC order.
Bhardwaj is the first person among the 16 activists and academicians arrested in the case to be granted default bail.
The case pertains to alleged provocative speeches made at the Elgar Parishad conference held at Shaniwarwada in Pune on December 31, 2017, which police claimed led to violence the next day near the Koregaon-Bhima war memorial on the outskirts of the city. Was.
The Pune Police had claimed that the conclave was backed by Maoists. Later the investigation of the case was handed over to the NIA.
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