It is only by chance that he could come out alive despite suffering the “brutal” jail life, said former Delhi University professor G.N. Saibaba after he was released from Nagpur Central Jail on Thursday.
The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court on March 5 set aside his life sentence in a Maoist links case, citing the failure of the prosecution to prove charges beyond reasonable doubt and deeming the sanction for prosecution under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act as “null and void”, and a lack of application of mind by the State authority.
Prof. Saibaba, who had been lodged in jail since 2017, after a trial court in Gadchiroli convicted him and others in the case, expressed concern about his health and the need for medical treatment upon his release.
