Bhima Koregaon Case: Activist Navlakha moves SC against denial of bail

Activist Gautam Navlakha has approached the Supreme Court against rejection of his statutory bail in the Bhima Koregaon case, despite failure of the National Investigation Agency to file charge sheet within the stipulated time of 90 days.

A bench presided over by Justice U U Lalit and comprising Justices Indira Banerjee and K M Joseph would hear the matter on March 3.

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Navlakha challenged the Bombay High Court's order of February 8, which contended that the accused's plea of alleged illegal detention can't be considered to compute 90 days time.

On March 16, 2020, the top court had declined anticipatory bail to Navlakha and told him to surrender within three weeks before the NIA.

On April 8, 2020, it gave him one more week to surrender in the case of their alleged link to banned Maoist outfit, allegedly emerged after the Bhima Koregaon violence.

An event 'Elgar Parishad' was held in Pune on December 31, 2017, which allegedly led to caste violence on January 1, 2018. Several prominent activists have already been arrested in the matter.