Elgar-Parishad Case: SC to Hear Activist Jyoti Jagtap and Mahesh Raut Bail Plea Together with NIA’s Pending Petition

The Supreme Court today announced it will hear the bail pleas of activists Jyoti Jagtap and Mahesh Raut together in the Bhima Koregaon case. Jagtap, accused of being a member of the banned Kabir Kala Manch, sought bail after previous rejections. Raut, accused of recruiting students for the Communist Party of India (Maoist), remains in jail since June 2018. The case stems from violence following a 2017 event in Pune. NIA has implicated multiple individuals, including prominent activists and academics.