Mumbai: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday (September 3) advised the Bombay High Court in an oral assertion that it’s going to not take any coercive action towards poet-activist Varavara Rao till September 6 when his plea for medical bail extension will likely be heard.
Rao, an accused within the Elgar Parishad-Maoist hyperlinks case and at present on interim medical bail granted by HC in February this yr, is meant to give up earlier than the Taloja jail authorities on September 5.
Rao’s counsel, senior advocate Anand Grover, sought an extension of bail earlier than a bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar on Friday. However, as a consequence of paucity of time, the matter couldn’t be heard. HC mentioned it is going to hear Rao’s plea on September 6.
Grover then urged HC to make sure no coercive action was taken towards Rao till then. Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh, who appeared for NIA, in an oral assertion mentioned,”We will not take any coercive action until the next hearing.”
On February 22 this yr, a bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale had granted Rao (82) interim medical bail on “humanitarian grounds.” At the time, Rao, affected by a number of illnesses, was present process therapy at Nanavati hospital in Mumbai after being shifted out of Taloja jail following the court docket’s intervention.
At the time, the HC had mentioned if it didn’t grant Rao medical bail, it will be abdicating its obligation to guard the ideas of human rights, and a citizen’s basic rights to life and well being.
The bench had imposed stringent bail situations, together with a route to Rao to remain throughout the jurisdiction of the Mumbai NIA court docket for the interval he was out on bail, in addition to forbidding him from establishing any contact together with his co-accused within the case.
(With company inputs)
