Bhima Koregaon Case Accused Gautam Navlakha Files Plea For House Arrest. State's Reply

Elgar Parishad Case: Gautam Navlakha cited the Supreme Court's order issued in May this year, whereby the Supreme Court had dismissed his default bail plea.

The Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court on Thursday that it will take jailed activist Gautam Navlakha, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, for a medical check-up to the Tata Memorial Hospital in neighbouring Navi Mumbai on Friday. The state's counsel, public prosecutor Sangeeta Shinde, made the statement before a bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar after Gautam Navlakha moved the High Court earlier in the day, seeking directions to authorities of the Navi Mumbai-based Taloja prison, where he is currently lodged, to get him examined for a lump developed in his chest in March this year while in prison. In his plea, Gautam Navlakha, 69, also sought that he be placed under house arrest as part of his judicial custody, owing to his advanced age and a host medical ailments that he suffers from. Gautam Navlakha cited the Supreme Court's order issued in May this year, whereby the Supreme Court had dismissed his default bail plea, but found merit in treating house arrest as an alternative form of detention, especially for such undertrials who are aged or suffering from serious medical ailments.