Activist Ramesh Gaichor, accused in the Elgar Parishad case, was released from Taloja jail after a delay despite HC orders. Jail superintendent apologised unconditionally to the Bombay High Court.
Mumbai: Activist Ramesh Gaichor, who is an accused in the Elgar Parishad–Maoist links case, has been released from jail after the Bombay High Court granted him temporary bail. The prison authorities informed the High Court on Thursday, September 11, 2025, that,
“Activist Ramesh Gaichor, accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, has been released from jail, pursuant to the temporary bail granted to him.”
Gaichor was earlier given three days’ temporary bail by the Bombay High Court on August 26, 2025, so that he could visit his ailing father.
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The authorities said,
“Gaichor, who was granted three-day temporary bail by the Bombay High Court on August 26, 2025 to visit his ailing father, was released from the Taloja jail in neighbouring Navi Mumbai on Wednesday night (September 10, 2025).”
However, his release was delayed because the jail authorities did not comply with the High Court order on time.
The jail superintendent later submitted an affidavit to the court, in which he gave an unconditional apology for this lapse. The affidavit explained that the activist had finally been freed on Wednesday night.
On September 10, 2025, Gaichor’s lawyer Mihir Desai had filed an application before the High Court.
He argued that despite a direct order from the Bombay High Court, his client had not been released since the jail authorities were insisting on a release warrant from the trial court before letting him out.
A Bench headed by Justice A.S. Gadkari came down strongly on the jail officials for their conduct. The court orally remarked that the authorities were unnecessarily troubling the activist, saying they were simply harassing him.
As recorded in court, Justice Gadkari observed that the delay showed the authorities were not following the court’s order in its true spirit.
On Thursday, September 11, 2025, the jail superintendent filed an affidavit with the High Court. In it, he made an unconditional apology and confirmed that Ramesh Gaichor had been freed from Taloja jail the previous night.
“Gaichor was released from jail on Wednesday night (September 10, 2025),”
the affidavit stated.
After accepting this apology, the High Court modified its earlier order and extended Gaichor’s temporary bail until September 13, 2025.
Earlier, while allowing the temporary bail on August 26, the High Court had taken note that Gaichor had not been able to meet his 76-year-old father since his arrest back in September 2020.
The activist had moved the High Court after a special NIA court refused to grant him interim bail for two weeks to visit and take care of his father.
The special court had rejected the plea, saying that Gaichor’s father was suffering from
“normal age related ailments which were common among senior citizens.”
The High Court, however, considered his situation differently and granted short-term bail.
Gaichor, along with other activists, was arrested for allegedly being members of the banned CPI (Maoist) organisation. The case stems from the Elgar Parishad event held in Pune on December 31, 2017.
According to the prosecution, speeches made at this conclave were “inflammatory” and provoked violence the following day near the Koregaon-Bhima war memorial on the outskirts of Pune.
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