If You Have Sought For House Arrest, You Must Pay The Expenses: Supreme Court Tells Bhima Koregaon Case Accused Gautam Navlakha
Live LawToday, the Supreme Court orally told Bhima Koregaon-accused Gautam Navlakha's Advocate, Shadan Farasat, that if house arrest was sought, the surveillance expenses incurred by the National Investigation Agency must be paid. The court was hearing Navlakha's plea for shifting his house arrest location in Mumbai, alongside the NIA's plea challenging a Bombay High Court order granting him bail in December last year. Apart from this, the NIA had also stressed that Navlakha must first pay 1.6 crores to meet the cost of the surveillance incurred during his house arrest. During the course of today's hearing, ASG Raju, at the very outset, submitted: "1.64 crores are for providing the security.they must pay that, house arrest is an unusual order.There are a large number of police personnel, round the clock."