Bhima Koregaon case: Bombay High Court declines bail plea of activist Sudha Bharadwaj

The Bombay High Court on Friday refused to grant bail to lawyer and activist Sudha Bharadwaj, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Koregaon Bhima case being probed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

A bench led by Justice RD Dhanuka rejected an appeal filed by Bharadwaj in June this year, whereby she had challenged a special court’s order that denied her bail on health grounds.

Bharadwaj, 58, had approached the HC seeking bail,saying that she suffered from chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension. She had said these comorbidities put her at a higher risk of contracting coronavirus while at the Byculla women’s prison where an inmate had tested positive for COVID-19 earlier.