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Bombay HC rejects ailing DU professor GN Saibaba's temporary bail plea

Speed News Desk | Updated on: 14 February 2017, 2:28 IST

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has rejected the bail plea of Delhi University professor GN Saibaba, who was arrested by the Maharashtra Police for his alleged Maoist links.

The bench has asked the academician, who uses a wheelchair, to surrender in 48 hours, "failing which the police shall arrest him.

"The court said that his fundamental rights would be violated if it didn't grant him bail. The court also took note of the fact that Saibaba is suffering from multiple health problems and needs to be moved around in a wheel-chair. He had dislocated his shoulder and has a crippled right hand due to spinal problems.

He was arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. On 1 July, he was granted temporary bail on grounds of failing health. Saibaba had been in jail since his arrest in May 2014 from the Delhi University campus.

First published: 23 December 2015, 7:34 IST