The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to activist Shoma Sen in the Elgar Parishad case, while observing that evidence against her does not prima facie show she has committed or attempted any “terrorist act” under the draconian law.
Ms. Sen has languished behind bars since June 2018, accused of Maoist links.
In a judgment spanning over 50 pages, a Bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Augustine George Masih countered National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) statements in court that bail was not a fundamental right and detailed the reasons behind its prima facie opinion that allegations levelled by the prosecution that Ms. Sen was a member of a terrorist organisation or that she had associations with one was not true.
