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The Bombay High Court connected Friday (January 23, 2026) granted bail to activists Sagar Gorkhe and Ramesh Gaichor, accused successful the Elgar Parishad Maoist links case, connected the grounds of parity, noting that different accused person been granted akin relief.
Mr. Gorkhe and Mr. Gaichor were arrested successful September 2020 and are presently lodged astatine the Taloja prison.
The duo is accused of being progressive members of the banned CPI (Maoist) group.
A Bench, headed by Justice A.S. Gadkari, noted that respective different accused successful the lawsuit person been granted bail connected the grounds of agelong incarceration and the anticipation of the proceedings successful the lawsuit not commencing successful the adjacent future.
"Hence connected the crushed of parity, the 2 appellants (Mr. Gorkhe and Mr. Gaichor) excessively merit to beryllium released connected bail," it said.
The duo has been directed to furnish a bail enslaved of ₹1 lakh each and to be the National Investigation Agency's bureau erstwhile a month.
At slightest 16 people, including salient lawyers, activists, and academics, were booked successful transportation with allegedly provocative speeches that were delivered astatine the Elgar Parishad conclave held successful Pune connected December 31, 2017.
According to the police, the speeches triggered unit astatine Koregaon-Bhima, connected the outskirts of Pune city, the adjacent day.
The Pune police, which initially probed the case, claimed that Maoists had backed the conclave. The NIA aboriginal took implicit the probe into the case.
All but 1 accused, Surendra Gadling, person present been granted bail successful the case.
Father Stan Swamy, an 84-year-old clergyman and tribal rights activist, died portion successful custody successful July 2021, awaiting trial.
The different accused successful the lawsuit see Varavara Rao, Sudha Bharadwaj, Anand Teltumbde, Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira, Shoma Sen, Gautam Navlakha, Sudhir Dhawale, Rona Wilson, Jyoti Jagtao and Mahesh Raut.
