Bhima Koregaon case: SC advises accused Sudha Bharadwaj to file bail plea on merits

On Thursday, a Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Uday Lalit and Ajay Rastogi refused to entertain petition of Sudha Bharwaj who sought bail on medical grounds. Arguing for accused in Bhima Koregaon case, vocate Vrinda Grover stated that charges h t been framed in case despite her client's incarceration for over two years. ding that incriminating material h been found, Grover stressed that Bharwaj is suffering from diabetes and or co-morbidities. Moreover, she sought interim bail for her client so that latter can get herself tested in a proper hospital.

Maintaining that she h a good case on merits, bench asked Grover to file a regular bail application. reafter, petition challenging Bombay High Court order rejecting Bharwaj's bail application was withdrawn. Earlier on August 28, a division bench of Bombay HC comprising Justices RD Dhanuka and VG Bisht h accepted  NIA and state government's submission that all precautions were being taken to prevent spre of COVID-19 in prisons. Bharwaj has been lodged at  Byculla Women's Jail in Mumbai since September 2018. 

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What is Bhima Koregaon case? 

Violence h erupted at Koregaon-Bhima vill in Pune district on January 1, 2018, where supporters h gared to commemorate 200th anniversary of Battle of Bhima Koregaon. This resulted in death of one person and leaving several injured. Subsequently,  Pune police arrested activists such as Sudha Bharwaj, Shoma Sen, Arun Ferreira, and Vern Gonsalves, Surendra Gling, Sudhir Dhawale and P Varavara Rao for allegedly inciting Bhima Koregoan violence through ir speech at Elgar Parish meeting on December 31, 2017. 

charges filed by police include 'conspiracy to assassinate PM Narendra Modi', 'overthrow government', 'waging war against Government of India' under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Also, it has been alleged that some of arrested individuals are active members of banned CPI (Maoists) party. In January 2020, case was transferred to NIA.  

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