: Elgar Parishad case: Stan Swamy’s bail plea deferred by Mumbai court, next hearing on March 15 #IndiaNEWS The bail plea of activist and Jesuit priest Stan Swamy, arrested in the Elgar Parishad case,

Elgar Parishad case: Stan Swamy’s bail plea deferred by Mumbai court, next hearing on March 15 #IndiaNEWS
The bail plea of activist and Jesuit priest Stan Swamy, arrested in the Elgar Parishad case, was deferred by a special court in Mumbai on Thursday, reported PTI.The court, which was likely to pass the order on Thursday, deferred it after the National Investigation Agency filed some additional documents in the case and Swamy’s lawyer sought time to respond to them. The matter will now be heard on March 15, reported The Indian Express.Swamy was arrested on October 8 by the central agency from Ranchi, Jharkhand, and brought to Mumbai the next day. He was sent to judicial custody till October 23.In his bail plea, Swamy had claimed that he was being targeted by the central agency because of his writings and work related to caste and land struggles of the people of India and violation of democratic rights of the marginalised citizens of the country.The bail plea had also said that the 83-year-old Jesuit priest was not connected in any way to the organisation of the Elgar Parishad event held in Pune on December 31, 2017.The NIA has, however, claimed that it has sufficient evidence to prima facie prove that the accused was involved in the conspiracy and was directly involved in the Naxalite movement.In a related development, the court allowed...Read more

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