Other conditions laid down by the special court for Bharadwaj's release include that she shall reside in the jurisdiction of the court and cannot leave Mumbai without its permission.
Bharadwaj has been in custody as an undertrial since her arrest in 2018. The high court, however, rejected the default bail pleas of co-accused Sudhir Dhawale and 7 others.
Activist Gautam Navlakha, who is currently lodged in Taloja prison, also sought that the HC direct jail authorities to get him medically examined for a lump developed in his chest.
The draft lays down 17 charges against 15 accused and want them to be charged under various sections of UAPA & IPC. NIA has also alleged the accused of being CPI (Maoist) members.
While hearing Stan Swamy's bail appeals posthumously, the high court described the Jesuit priest as 'a wonderful man' and said it has great respect for his work.
The statement released by the Elgar case prisoners alleged that the NIA and Taloja jail's former superintendent Kaustubh Kurlekar never missed a single opportunity to 'harass' Swamy.
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders said Swamy was arrested on false charges of terrorism and criticised jailing human rights defenders as 'inexcusable'.
The tribal rights activist had been suffering from Covid and Parkinson's disease, and was admitted to a private hospital on 29 May from the Taloja prison.
Bharadwaj, who was arrested on 28 August 2018, had sought default bail contending the trial judge wasn't authorised to take cognisance of the 2019 charge sheet filed against her.
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