Elgar Parishad case: Four days after SC order, activist Navlakha but to be positioned beneath home arrest
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MUMBAI: Jailed human rights activist Gautam Navlakha is but to stroll out of Navi Mumbai’s Taloja jail. Last week, Supreme Court allowed him to be positioned beneath home arrest for a month owing to his medical situation. The purpose cited for Navlakha being nonetheless in jail is that the formalities for his launch are nonetheless beneath course of.
The 70-year-old activist is lodged in Taloja jail in reference to the Elgar Parishad-Maoist hyperlink case of 2017-18.
The activist, who suffers from a number of illnesses, is in custody since April 2020.
The Supreme Court, on November 10, allowed Navlakha to be put beneath home arrest for a month with sure circumstances and stated its order ought to be carried out inside 48 hours.
However, until Monday night he was nonetheless in jail as formalities for his launch couldn’t be accomplished.
According to his lawyer, formalities for Navlakha’s launch from jail had been initiated on Monday earlier than a particular NIA (National Investigation Agency) court docket in Mumbai that’s listening to the case towards him.
Once launched from jail, Navlakha will probably be staying at Belapur in Navi Mumbai beneath surveillance.
The septuagenarian shall not be allowed to depart Mumbai, as per the SC order.
His lawyer on Monday apprised particular NIA Judge Rajesh Katariya, presiding over the case, of the Supreme Court order on home arrest and initiated the method for submitting surety as per the situation set by the apex court docket to finish his launch formalities.
The SC had imposed a slew of circumstances by which Navlakha must keep in Mumbai, deposit Rs 2.4 lakh as bills for safety, and CCTV cameras must be put in outdoors the rooms and at entry and exit factors of the home the place he will probably be staying.
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Navlakha is not going to be allowed to depart the home aside from walks within the firm of police personnel, however permitted to fulfill his legal professionals as per Jail Manual guidelines and inform cops in case of a medical emergency, the apex court docket stated final week.
It additionally stated the activist is not going to be allowed to make use of a pc or the web through the interval of his home arrest. He will, nonetheless, be permitted to make use of a cell phone with out the web offered by police personnel on obligation as soon as a day for ten minutes of their presence.
Access to tv and newspapers will probably be allowed, however these can’t be interest-based, the SC maintained in its order.
It additionally allowed the Maharashtra police to look and examine the residence and stated the lodging can be beneath surveillance.
The Supreme Court has listed the matter for listening to within the second week of December by when the prosecuting company NIA has been requested to acquire a contemporary medical report on the accused.
Navlakha had sought to be shifted from the Taloja jail and positioned beneath home arrest owing to ailing well being.
The activist moved the SC towards the April 26 order of the Bombay High Court dismissing his plea for home arrest over apprehensions of lack of sufficient medical and different fundamental amenities within the Taloja jail.
The case pertains to alleged inflammatory speeches made on the ‘Elgar Parishad’ conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017, which the police claimed triggered violence the following day close to the Koregaon -Bhima warfare memorial on the outskirts of the western Maharashtra metropolis.
According to the Pune police, folks linked to banned Naxalite teams had organized the programme.
The case, by which over a dozen activists and academicians have been named as accused, was later handed over to the NIA.
MUMBAI: Jailed human rights activist Gautam Navlakha is but to stroll out of Navi Mumbai’s Taloja jail. Last week, Supreme Court allowed him to be positioned beneath home arrest for a month owing to his medical situation. The purpose cited for Navlakha being nonetheless in jail is that the formalities for his launch are nonetheless beneath course of.
The 70-year-old activist is lodged in Taloja jail in reference to the Elgar Parishad-Maoist hyperlink case of 2017-18.
The activist, who suffers from a number of illnesses, is in custody since April 2020.
The Supreme Court, on November 10, allowed Navlakha to be put beneath home arrest for a month with sure circumstances and stated its order ought to be carried out inside 48 hours.
However, until Monday night he was nonetheless in jail as formalities for his launch couldn’t be accomplished.
According to his lawyer, formalities for Navlakha’s launch from jail had been initiated on Monday earlier than a particular NIA (National Investigation Agency) court docket in Mumbai that’s listening to the case towards him.
Once launched from jail, Navlakha will probably be staying at Belapur in Navi Mumbai beneath surveillance.
The septuagenarian shall not be allowed to depart Mumbai, as per the SC order.
His lawyer on Monday apprised particular NIA Judge Rajesh Katariya, presiding over the case, of the Supreme Court order on home arrest and initiated the method for submitting surety as per the situation set by the apex court docket to finish his launch formalities.
The SC had imposed a slew of circumstances by which Navlakha must keep in Mumbai, deposit Rs 2.4 lakh as bills for safety, and CCTV cameras must be put in outdoors the rooms and at entry and exit factors of the home the place he will probably be staying.
ALSO READ | Elgar Parishad case: Supreme Court permits home arrest request of activist Gautam Navlakha
Navlakha is not going to be allowed to depart the home aside from walks within the firm of police personnel, however permitted to fulfill his legal professionals as per Jail Manual guidelines and inform cops in case of a medical emergency, the apex court docket stated final week.
It additionally stated the activist is not going to be allowed to make use of a pc or the web through the interval of his home arrest. He will, nonetheless, be permitted to make use of a cell phone with out the web offered by police personnel on obligation as soon as a day for ten minutes of their presence.
Access to tv and newspapers will probably be allowed, however these can’t be interest-based, the SC maintained in its order.
It additionally allowed the Maharashtra police to look and examine the residence and stated the lodging can be beneath surveillance.
The Supreme Court has listed the matter for listening to within the second week of December by when the prosecuting company NIA has been requested to acquire a contemporary medical report on the accused.
Navlakha had sought to be shifted from the Taloja jail and positioned beneath home arrest owing to ailing well being.
The activist moved the SC towards the April 26 order of the Bombay High Court dismissing his plea for home arrest over apprehensions of lack of sufficient medical and different fundamental amenities within the Taloja jail.
The case pertains to alleged inflammatory speeches made on the ‘Elgar Parishad’ conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017, which the police claimed triggered violence the following day close to the Koregaon -Bhima warfare memorial on the outskirts of the western Maharashtra metropolis.
According to the Pune police, folks linked to banned Naxalite teams had organized the programme.
The case, by which over a dozen activists and academicians have been named as accused, was later handed over to the NIA.
