Bhima-Koregaon case | Keeping literature on violence not a terror act, says Supreme Court; grants bail to activists Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira

The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to activists Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira, who have been accused in the Bhima Koregaon violence case.

In their judgment, a Bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sudhanshu Dhulia said that the five-year-long incarceration of the activists made them duly eligible for bail despite the fact that the offences they have been accused of are “grave”.

Human rights activist Arun Ferreira was arrested from his residence in Thane on Oct 26, 2018. He has been in prison since then (Source: PTI)