The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday approached the Supreme Court against the Bombay High Court order granting bail to Dalit rights activist and scholar Anand Teltumbde, booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the Bhima Koregaon case.
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices Hima Kohli and JB Pardiwala said it will hear the case on 25 November. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the NIA, mentioned the matter for a listing of the case on Thursday.
“The petition is by NIA. There is a bail order. “The order is stayed for a week, which is on Friday,” SG mentioned to the bench.
The bench then said it would hear it on Friday.
CJI Chandrachud asked the Solicitor General to serve a copy of the petition to advocate Aparna Bhat, who is appearing for Teltumbde on caveat.
On 18 November, the High Court granted bail to Teltumbde, 73, but stayed its order for a week so that the prosecuting agency, the NIA, could appeal to the Supreme Court.
The prosecution’s case is that provocative and inflammatory speeches were made at the event that was allegedly backed by the banned terror outfit Communist Party of India (Maoist), which later led to violence at Koregaon Bhima village near Pune in 2018.
