In a setback to social activist Teesta Setalvad, the Gujarat High Court on Saturday rejected the regular bail plea and directed her to surrender immediately in a case of alleged fabrication of evidence and forgery linked to the post-Godhra riots.
The court of Justice Nirzar Desai directed her to surrender immediately as she was already out of jail after securing interim bail from the Supreme Court. It also rejected her lawyer’s request to give her 30 days to surrender.
In a 127-page judgment, the court noted that she had created false documents and fabricated records and evidence to frame innocent people in connection with the riots.