<p>Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted bail to researcher Rona Wilson and activist Sudhir Dhawale, both arrested in 2018 in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case.</p><p>A division bench of Justices A S Gadkari and Kamal Khata took note of their long incarceration, and the fact that the trial is not likely to be completed any time soon.</p><p>The accused were languishing in jail since 2018 and even the charges are yet to be framed by the special court, defence lawyers Mihir Desai and Sudeep Pasbola had argued.</p>.<p>The high court on Wednesday said it was not dealing with the merits of the case at this stage.</p><p>Wilson and Dhawale were directed to submit a surety of Rs one lakh each, and appear before the special NIA court for the trial hearing.</p><p>The bench noted that there are over 300 witnesses in the case, and hence it is not possible for the trial to be concluded in the near future.</p><p>The case pertains to provocative speeches allegedly delivered at the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017, triggering violence at Koregaon-Bhima in Pune district the next day.</p>.Elgar-Parishad case: SC to hear activist Jyoti Jagtap's bail plea with NIA's pending petition.<p>The Pune police had claimed the conclave was backed by the Maoists.</p><p>The National Investigation Agency later took over the probe. Of the 16 persons arrested in the case, many are now out on bail.</p><p>Rona Wilson was arrested in June 2018 from his home in Delhi. He was described by the probe agencies as one of the top brass of urban Maoists.</p><p>Sudhir Dhawale was one of the first to be arrested, accused of being an active member of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist). </p>
<p>Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted bail to researcher Rona Wilson and activist Sudhir Dhawale, both arrested in 2018 in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case.</p><p>A division bench of Justices A S Gadkari and Kamal Khata took note of their long incarceration, and the fact that the trial is not likely to be completed any time soon.</p><p>The accused were languishing in jail since 2018 and even the charges are yet to be framed by the special court, defence lawyers Mihir Desai and Sudeep Pasbola had argued.</p>.<p>The high court on Wednesday said it was not dealing with the merits of the case at this stage.</p><p>Wilson and Dhawale were directed to submit a surety of Rs one lakh each, and appear before the special NIA court for the trial hearing.</p><p>The bench noted that there are over 300 witnesses in the case, and hence it is not possible for the trial to be concluded in the near future.</p><p>The case pertains to provocative speeches allegedly delivered at the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017, triggering violence at Koregaon-Bhima in Pune district the next day.</p>.Elgar-Parishad case: SC to hear activist Jyoti Jagtap's bail plea with NIA's pending petition.<p>The Pune police had claimed the conclave was backed by the Maoists.</p><p>The National Investigation Agency later took over the probe. Of the 16 persons arrested in the case, many are now out on bail.</p><p>Rona Wilson was arrested in June 2018 from his home in Delhi. He was described by the probe agencies as one of the top brass of urban Maoists.</p><p>Sudhir Dhawale was one of the first to be arrested, accused of being an active member of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist). </p>