The judges also said the sanction order issued to prosecute the accused in the case under the stringent provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) was “bad in law and invalid”. The former university professor and the others were convicted in March 2017 and are lodged at the Nagpur Central Jail.Īcquitting the six people, the high court said that due process of law cannot be sacrificed at the altar of “perceived peril to national security”. The bench directed the convicts to be released forthwith from jail unless they are accused in any other case. Saibaba and five others were acquitted in the Maoist links case by the Bombay high court on Friday, October 14, allowing their appeal against conviction and life sentence.Ī division bench of Justices Rohit Deo and Anil Pansare of the Nagpur bench acquitted accused no 1 Mahesh Tirki, no 2 Pandu Pora Narote, no 3 Hem Keshwdatta Mishra, no 4 Prashant Rahi, no 5 Vijay Nan Tirki and no 6 G.N. New Delhi: Former Delhi University professor G.N.
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