The Bombay High Court has granted bail to lawyer-activist Surendra Gadling, who has been in prison since June 6, 2018, in the Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case.
The High Court found the period of incarceration and the possibility of the trial not commencing in the near future to be factors in his favour.
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Mr. Gadling, the last among the 16 accused in the 2017 case, will continue to be behind bars as his bail application in a separate 2016 arson case is pending before the Supreme Court.
Prominent lawyers, activists, and academics, were among those booked in connection with allegedly provocative speeches that were delivered at the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017.
