The Supreme Court on May 14 lifted the stay on an order of bail granted by the Bombay High Court to activist Gautam Navlakha, charged under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act in the Bhima Koregaon violence case
A Bench headed by Justice M.M. Sundresh pointed out that Mr. Navlakha has spent more than four years in jail, is in his seventies and his trial, in all likelihood, may take “years and years to complete”
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