The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted bail to Mahesh Raut an accused in the Bhima Koregaon caste violence case but stayed it for one week on the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) request.
A Division Bench of justices A.S. Gadkari and Sharmila Deshmukh was hearing a bail plea filed by Mr. Raut, 35, who is in Taloja Central Jail after the NIA court had rejected his bail. He was arrested from his house at Nagpur on June 6, 2018 on charges of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).
The court held Mr. Raut has been charged with several Sections of the UAPA which are not applicable to him. The detailed order has not been made available, yet.
