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Supreme Court grants bail to
Binayak's associate
Tuesday May 31, 2011 08:16:41 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The Supreme
Court Tuesday granted bail to Pijush Guha, who was convicted along
with human rights activist and doctor Binayak Sen on charges of
sedition for supporting the activities of Maoists in Chhattisgarh.
The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice C.K.
Prasad, while granting bail to Guha, noted that the co-accused in
the case, Binayak Sen, has already been granted bail by this
court.
The court said the bail will be subject to the satisfaction of the
trial court and on the furnishing of two securities of Rs.1 lakh
each.
It said that mere possession of printed material attributed to the
outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), praising
their violent acts against security forces, was no ground for
holding a man guilty of sedition.
Speaking for the bench, Justice Prasad said they too keep
receiving a lot of newspapers which contain many things which they
don't even know.
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