Bhima Koregaon case: SC to hear bail plea of accused Jyoti Jagtap on Sept 21

The Supreme Court on Tuesday listed a hearing for September 21 in a plea filed by Jyoti Jagtap accused in the Bhima Koregaon case under the antiterror law the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act UAPA challenging an order of the Bombay High Court which declined her bail last yearA bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sanjay Kumar said it would hear the case on September 21The counsel appearing for the National Investigation Agency NIA sought twoweek time to file an affidavit on the bail pleaAdvocate Aparna Bhat representing the Jagtap told the bench that the apex court should fix a date for hearing the matter as she is in custody for about three yearsList on September 21 Let the respondent file an additional affidavit incorporating therein the entire pleadings of the High Court the bench said while asking the NIA to file the affidavit by September 14On May 4 the apex court sought responses from the Maharashtra government and the NIA on Jagtaps plea against the High Court orderJagtap 32 a member of Kabir Kala Manch KKM a cultural group alleged to be a front organisation of the banned CPI Maoist was arrested by the NIA in September 2020According to the NIA Jagtap and others organised the Elgar Parishad event on December 31 2017 which led to violence the following dayShe has approached the top court challenging the October 17 2022 order of the High Court which had refused to grant her bailJagtap singercumactivist had approached the High Court in appeal after a special NIA Court had rejected her bail application on February 14 2023 leading to a move to the apex courtHigh Court had said the NIAacirciquestiquests case against Jagtap was prima facie true and that she was part of a larger conspiracy hatched by the banned outfit CPI MaoistThe High Court had said Jagtap was an active member of KKM which during its stage play at the Elgar Parishad conclave on December 31 2017 in Pune city gave not only aggressive but highly provocative slogansJagtap accused of singing and raising provocative slogans at the conclave along with other KKM members was arrested in September 2020 and has been lodged at the Byculla womens prison in Mumbai since thenThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever