Activist Stan Swamy Conspired With Maoists To Overthrow Government: Court

Stan Swamy Case: "Prima facie it can be gathered that the applicant along with other members of the banned organisation hatched a serious conspiracy to create unrest in the entire country and to overpower the Government, politically and by using muscle power," Judge Kothalikar said in his order.

The special NIA court that refused bail to 83-year-old activist Stan Swamy in the Elgar Parishad-Maoists links case has held that based on material on record Stan Swamy had schemed a "serious conspiracy" with members of a banned Maoist organisation to create unrest in the country and to overthrow the government. Special judge DE Kothalikar, who rejected Stan Swamy's bail plea on Monday, said in his order, which was made available today, that based on the material on record it seemed Stan Swamy was a member of banned Maoist organisation. The material that the court referred to included around "140 e-mails between the applicant (Stan Swamy) and his co-accused," the fact that Stan Swamy and others he communicated with, were referred to as "comrades", and that Stan Swamy had received Rs eight lakh from one "Comrade Mohan", allegedly for the furtherance of Maoist activities. "Prima facie it can be gathered that the applicant along with other members of the banned organisation hatched a serious conspiracy to create unrest in the entire country and to overpower the Government, politically and by using muscle power," Judge Kothalikar said in his order.