Koregaon Bhima case: Maharashtra govt moves SC challenging Bombay HC order
India TV NewsThe Maharashtra government Thursday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court order by which the extension of time granted to state police to conclude probe in the Koregaon Bhima violence case was set aside. The Bombay High Court Wednesday had quashed the lower court’s decision by which the Maharahstra Police was granted more time to conclude the investigation and file the chargesheet in the violence case in which several rights activist had been made accused. The lawyer said if the high court order is not stayed then accused in the violence case would become entitled for grant of statutory bail for want of non-filing of chargesheet within the stipulated period. The Maharashtra Police had arrested five activists—Varavara Rao, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, Sudha Bharadwaj and Gautam Navlakha—in connection with an FIR lodged following a conclave—‘Elgaar Parishad’—held last year that had later triggered violence at Koregaon-Bhima village in the state.