The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the Bombay High Court order acquitting former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba in a case of Maoist links. The apex court also directed the Bombay High Court to consider the matter afresh on merits within four months. A bench of Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar directed the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court not to refer Saibaba’s appeal and the appeals of the other accused to the same bench that had discharged them, and to get the matter heard by another bench. Said.

Supreme Court’s stay on Bombay High Court’s order: The Court held that under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) All questions of law, including the sanctioning of sanctions, will remain open to being decided by the High Court. Apex Court On October, the Bombay High Court’s order acquitting Saibaba and others in this case was stayed. Advocate Abhikalp Pratap Singh represented Maharashtra government in the apex court and advocate R Basant appeared on behalf of Saibaba.

) 8729 The arrest took place in: After Saibaba’s arrest in 775 the High Court last year On October, he and others were acquitted in the case and directed to release them from jail. The court held that the order granting sanction to prosecute the accused in the case under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) was erroneous and illegal in law.

Apart from Saibaba, the court also acquitted Mahesh Kariman Tirkey, Pandu Pora Narote (both farmers), Hem Keshavdutt Mishra (student), Prashant Sanglikar (journalist) and Vijay Tirkey (labourer). To Vijay Tirkey 08 was sentenced to one year in prison, while the rest were given life imprisonment. Narote has passed away.

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Wed, Apr 19, 2023, 2: 00 PM IST