Earlier, on Monday, 22 February, Rao was granted interim bail by the principal bench of the Bombay High Court on similar grounds in the Elgar Parishad case.
Rao’s lawyers, Firdos Mirza and Nihalsingh Rathod, argued that Rao was seeking bail purely on medical grounds and not on the basis of the merits of the iron ore mine arson case.
Rao is suffering from several ailments, including dementia, his lawyers said.
“We pointed out to the court here (Nagpur) that the order passed by the division bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale on Monday, granting Rao interim bail for six months after considering his health condition,” Mirza told PTI.
In the iron ore mine arson case too, Rao has been granted bail for the same period.
On 25 December 25 2016, Naxals allegedly set ablaze at least 80 vehicles engaged in transporting iron ore from Surjagarh mines in Etapalli tehsil of Gadchiroli.
Rao, who is currently admitted in the Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai, had also sought bail on medical…