Elgar Parishad case: Varavara Rao's bail plea hearing adjourned; he need not surrender till Oct 14
The Hindu
Varavara Rao (82) was granted interim bail for six months on medical grounds by the HC on February 22 this year, and was scheduled to surrender and return to judicial custody on September 5.
The Bombay High Court on Friday adjourned till October 13 the hearing on a bail extension plea filed by poet-activist Varavara Rao, an accused in the, and said he need not surrender before Taloja jail authorities till October 14.
Mr. Rao (82) was granted interim bail for six months on medical grounds by the HC on February 22 this year, and was scheduled to surrender and return to judicial custody on September 5.
However, Mr. Rao filed an application, through his lawyers R. Sathyanarayanan and senior counsel Anand Grover, seeking extension of such bail, as well as permission to stay in his hometown, Hyderabad. while out on bail.
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