The Bombay High Court on Thursday (December 4) granted bail to former Delhi University professor Hany Babu on the grounds of prolonged incarceration of more than five years without trial. A bench of Justices AS Gadkari and RR Bhonsale directed Babu, who is lodged at the Taloja Prison in Navi Mumbai, to furnish a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh with sureties of the same amount.

Babu is one among the many intellectuals arrested across the country following the violence at the Bhima Koregaon war memorial in 2017 in Maharashtra. Babu was arrested in 2020 in connection with the case.

NIA's stay plea rejected

While the National Investigation Agency (NIA) sought a stay on the bail order to appeal before the Supreme Court, the High Court refused the request, stating that Babu had been in jail for ov

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