Varavara Rao had been detained since August 28, 2018, awaiting trial.
New Delhi:
Varavara Rao, the 81-year-old activist poet who has been in jail for more than two years in the Koregaon-Bhima case, left Mumbai Nanavati Hospital on Saturday night after he was granted bail by the Bombay High Court. six months. medical reasons last month.
He was being treated at the hospital where he was admitted by the Maharashtra government following the intervention of the high court. His lawyer Indira Jaisingh posted a photo of the activist poet on Twitter.
Finally free! Varavara Rao outside Nanavati Hospital 11:45 pm, March 6, 2021 pic.twitter.com/e3s0jZNqeM
– Indira Jaising (@IJaising) March 6, 2021
The court has asked Mr. Rao to remain in Mumbai and be available for investigation when necessary. You will also need to present your passport to the NIA (National Investigative Agency) court, and you have been prohibited from contacting your co-defendants in the case. You must submit a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and two bonds of the same amount.
He had been detained since August 28, 2018, awaiting trial in the case.
On February 22, the high court said that if he did not grant Mr. Rao medical bond, he would be abdicating his duty to protect the principles of human rights and the fundamental rights of citizens to life and health.
“We are relieved. It is a great relief for us. Because for the last two and a half years, no one received even a little relief in this case. This is the first relief in the BK (Bhima-Koregaon) case. Happy, but the condition is that we have to be in Mumbai. We have to think about that and plan. We will talk to the lawyers, “said Rao’s daughter, Pavani.
Last month, Indira Jaising highlighted her poor health before the Bombay High Court, saying that of the 365 days since last February, she spent 149 days in the hospital. He urged the court to let Mr. Rao out of the Taloja prison in Maharashtra where he is being held as a sub-test and to allow him to return home and stay with his family in Hyderabad.
The case, which is being investigated by the National Investigation Agency, involves allegations of provocative speeches delivered at the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017, which police say sparked violence the next day near the war memorial. Koregaon-Bhima.
Varavara Rao and nine other activists were accused of plotting violence with the Maoists. Mr. Rao, who ran “Veerasam”, an association of revolutionary writers, has strongly denied the allegation.
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