Bhima Koregaon: Bombay HC Refuses Anticipatory Bail To Gautam Navlakha & Anand Teltumbde [Read Order]
Live LawThe Bombay High Court on Friday refused to grant anticipatory bail to journalist Gautam Navlakha and scholar Anand Teltumbde in the Bhima Koregaon case. However, the interim protection from arrest granted to both the accused was extended for four weeks in order to grant the accused time to appeal before the apex court. The Court also rejected the application filed by Pune police seeking personal appearance of the accused before the trial court. Since the Supreme Court refused to extend the interim protection from arrest granted to Navlakha earlier in October and asked him to seek relief before the Sessions Court, he approached the Sessions Court which rejected Navlakha's application noting that his custodial interrogation was necessary as the police had been trying to arrest him since 2018.