Bhima Koregaon arrests: SC stays Bombay HC order disallowing Pune Police more time to file charges against 5 activists
FirstpostThe Supreme Court also issued a notice to activist Gautam Navlakha, also an accused in the Bhima Koragaon case, on the Maharashtra government’s petition challenging his release from house arrest. The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Bombay High Court order refusing to give the Pune Police 90 extra days to complete its investigation and file a chargesheet against activists being investigated in the Bhima Koregaon case. The Maharashtra government, which had challenged this high court order, told the top court bench that the police is likely to file the chargesheet against the activists in another 10 days, News18 reported. On 25 October, the Bombay High Court had junked a Pune court’s order, which had granted the police more time to file the chargesheet against five activists — Surendra Gadling, Rona Wilson, Sudhir Dhawale, Shoma Sen and Mahesh Raut — who were arrested in June for alleged Maoist links in the aftermath of the violence at Bhima Koregaon village near Pune on New Year’s Day. Hearing another appeal filed by the Maharashtra government, the Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to activist Gautam Navlakha, also being investigated in the Bhima Koregaon case.