Elgar Parishad case: HC grants bail to Teltumbde

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Friday granted bail to scholar- activist Anand Teltumbde, arrested in the Elgar Parishad- Maoist links case, noting that prima facie the only case made out against him relates to alleged association with a terror outfit and support given to it, for which the maximum punishment is 10 years in jail.

The division bench of Justices A S Gadkari and M N Jadhav said Teltumbde has already spent more than two years in jail.

The high court, however, stayed its order for a week so that the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the prosecuting agency in the case, can approach the Supreme Court. This means that Teltumbde will not be able to walk out of jail till then.

Teltumbde, 73, has been lodged at the Taloja prison in Navi Mumbai since his arrest in the case in April 2020.