: Bhima Koregaon case: Gautam Navlakha asks Bombay HC to move him to house arrest from prison #IndiaNEWS Activist Gautam Navlakha, who is in judicial custody in Mumbai’s Taloja prison, on Thursday

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Bhima Koregaon case: Gautam Navlakha asks Bombay HC to move him to house arrest from prison #IndiaNEWS
Activist Gautam Navlakha, who is in judicial custody in Mumbai’s Taloja prison, on Thursday moved the Bombay High Court seeking to be placed under house arrest instead, reported Live Law.Navlakha is an accused in the Bhima Koregaon case. The case pertains to caste violence in a village near Pune in 2018. Sixteen people were arrested for allegedly plotting the violence.In his plea, 70-year-old Navlakha cited his old age and the need to medically examine a lump on his chest. “Taloja is sorely lacking in infrastructure and manpower and incapable of caring for ailing and elderly inmates such as the petitioner,�? read his plea.Navlakha relied on a Supreme Court observation made in May that judges were open to order house arrest of an accused. House arrest under Section 167 of the Criminal Procedure Code could be ordered by taking into account factors like age, health condition and the antecedents of the accused, the nature of the crime and the need for other forms of custody, the court had said in its verdict in May.During Thursday’s hearing, Advocates Yug Chaudhry and Payoshi Roy, representing Navlakha, said the lump in the activist’s chest needed to be medically examined for cancer, reported PTI. They told the bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar that...Read more

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