Elgar Parishad case: 6 yrs after arrest, Shoma Sen gets bail from top court
6 April 2024 | The Indian Express
The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to former Nagpur University professor Shoma Sen, arrested and charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, in connection with the Elgar Parishad case.
A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Augustine George Masih said “if we examine the acts attributed to the appellant by the various witnesses or as inferred from the evidence relied on by the prosecution, we do not find prima facie commission or attempt to commit any terrorist act by the appellant…” in terms of the Act.
It, however, clarified that “our observations as regards the nature of allegations against her are only prima facie views and the future course of her prosecution would be dependent upon framing of charge and if charges are framed, the nature of evidence the prosecution can adduce against her in trial as also her own defence”….