Mumbai,
Mumbai High Court has granted bail to social activist Anand Teltumde, who was arrested in the Elgar Parishad case.
Elgar Parishad case
Last December 31, 2017 Elgar Parishad conference was held in Pune. The next day riots broke out at the Victory Day rally in Bhima Gorega. Subsequently, the police arrested Anand Deltumde and other social activists who attended the Elgar Parishad conference, claiming that the riots had arisen. Later the case was transferred to NIA.
Anand Teltumde was lodged in Navi Mumbai Taloja Jail in April 2020. NIA also said that he was in touch with banned Maoist and other movements. It is said on the side.
Bail
In this situation, the 73-year-old had filed a petition in the Mumbai High Court seeking bail. Judges who heard the petition A.S. Gadkari granted bail to MN Jadhav saying “maximum 10 years jail term can be given to those who are associated with terrorist organization. Anand Teltumde, the under-trial prisoner has already spent more than 2 years in jail”.
In the meantime, the NIA has asked for an interim stay on the bail order to facilitate an appeal against the court order. asked. Accepting this, the High Court imposed a one-week interim stay on the order granting bail. Due to this, Anand Teltumde will not be able to come out of jail immediately even if he gets bail.