Elgar: High Court grants bail to activist Sudha Bharadwaj

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Updated At : 11:58 AM Dec 02, 2021 IST

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Mumbai, December 1

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted default bail to lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj, who was arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case in August 2018 under the UAPA, but rejected the pleas of eight others.

The court said Bharadwaj, accused of being part of a conspiracy to overthrow the Union Government, was entitled to such bail and its denial would be in breach of her fundamental right to life and personal liberty guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution. It directed that Bharadwaj, currently lodged in Byculla women’s prison here, be produced before the Mumbai special NIA court on December 8, and conditions of her bail and date of release be then decided by the special court. — PTI

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