NEW DELHI : The Supreme Court has granted interim bail to social activist Jyoti Jagtap in the Elgar Parishad case.A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma on Wednesday granted her the relief till the next date of hearing in Feb next year, after senior advocate Aparna Bhat told the court that the activist has been in jail for more than five years.According to NIA chargesheet, speeches given by the accused at Elgar Parishad contributed to violence at Koregaon Bhima near Pune. Jagtap, along with 16 others, is accused by NIA of being responsible for the caste violence. She was alleged to be a member of the Kabir Kala Manch, one of the organisers of the Elgar Parishad. Jagtap was arrested on Sept 8, 2020, by the NIA and was chargesheeted on Oct 9, 2020.HC rejected bail plea in Oct 2022Social activist Jyoti Jagtap approached SC after the Bombay HC rejected her bail plea in Oct 2022.The same bench had in Sept granted six-week interim bail on medical grounds to Elgar Parishad co-accused Mahesh Raut, who was arrested in 2018, and later extended it till the next hearing. Raut had been granted bail by the Bombay high court in Sept 2023, but the apex court stayed that order, preventing his release. Last month, however, interim relief was granted to him.
