The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted bail to former Delhi University Professor Hany Babu , one of those accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, Live Law reported.

Babu spent more than five years in jail, after being arrested in July 2020 under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.

The bail was granted by a division bench of Justices AS Gadkari and Ranjitsinha Raja Bhonsale. The detailed order is awaited.

The case pertains to the violence that broke out near Pune on January 1, 2018, a day after the Elgar Parishad conclave was organised to mark the 200th anniversary of the battle of Bhima Koregaon.

One person was killed in the violence and several others were injured.

The National Investigation Agency has alleged that the Elgar Parishad was part of a larger Maoist conspirac

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