Lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj on Thursday withdrew her interim bail plea on medical grounds after the Supreme Court refused to entertain her petition in the Bhima Koregaon case, reported The Hindu. Bharadwaj is currently imprisoned at the Byculla Women’s prison in Mumbai.
The top court said that she had a “good case” for bail on merits and that she should file a plea on those grounds instead. After this observation, Bharadwaj’s counsel, advocate Vrinda Grover, chose to withdraw the petition.
“You have such a good case on merits,” the bench of Justices UU Lalit and Ajay Rastogi said. “Why are you not fighting on those grounds?”
Justice Lalit: See, either you withdraw this application or we will dismiss this.
Grover: I am deeply grateful. #SudhaBharadwaj #SupremeCourt #BhimaKoregaon @advsoutik @aakarshkamra @vrindagrover @Sudhabharadwaj
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