Supreme Court rejects bail plea of Gautam Navlakha

Social activist Gautam Navlakha, accused within the Bhima Koregaon case, has not obtained aid from the Supreme Court. The courtroom dismissed Navlakha’s bail plea. Gautam Navlakha filed a petition within the Supreme Court towards the Bombay High Court order on 19 February.

Gautam Navlakha challenged the Bombay High Court’s order dismissing the bail plea, which was rejected by a bench of Justices UU Lalit and M Joseph of Justice. The Supreme Court had on March 26 reserved the decision on Navalakha’s bail plea.

In his petition, Navlakha had mentioned that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) didn’t file the chargesheet throughout the stipulated interval of 90 days, therefore kinds the idea of his bail. On March 3, the courtroom sought response from the NIA on Navlakha’s bail plea, stating that he ought to be granted bail resulting from non-filing of chargesheets within the case.

An FIR was once more filed towards Gautam Navlakha in January 2020 and he surrendered earlier than the NIA on 14 April final yr. He was saved in NIA custody for 11 days until 25 April, after which he’s saved in judicial custody at Taloja Jail in Navi Mumbai. The Bombay High Court had mentioned in its judgment that Navlakha’s 34-day home arrest couldn’t be thought-about a jail time period.