Court grants 3-month bail to Naxal leader Kobad Ghandy
New Delhi: Top Maoist ideologue Kobad Ghandy, accused of trying to
set up a base for banned outfit CPI (Maoist) here, has been granted
interim bail for three months by a Delhi court on health grounds. The
court said that 65-year-old Ghandy, who is in custody in this case since
September 2009, was suffering from various ailments and his condition
has “visibly deteriorated” during the period of trial. “In these facts
and circumstances, I admit accused Kobad Ghandy to interim bail for a
period of three months on his furnishing a personal bond in the sum of
Rs one lakh and two sureties of the like amount,” Additional Sessions
Judge (ASJ) Reetesh Singh said. The court is currently recording
prosecution evidence in the case in which Ghandy along with co-accused
Rajender Kumar alias Arvind Joshi is facing trial.
Ghandy is facing trial for alleged offences punishable under the
Unlawful Activities Prevention Act(UAPA) and various provisions of the
IPC. The court had framed charges against Rajender Kumar under several
IPC sections. During arguments on bail plea, Ghandy’s counsel told the
court that his client was suffering from multiple ailments for which he
required constant medical treatment which was not properly provided in
the jail. The court had called for a report from the superintendent of
Tihar jail regarding Ghandy’s medical condition and after perusing it,
the judge said, “it is apparent that Kobad Ghandy is suffering from a
host of medical ailments”. “He (Ghandy) is aged about 65 years. His
condition has visibly deteriorated during the period the trial of this
case has progressed before this court,” the court said. Ghandy, an
alumnus of the prestigious Doon School and St Xavier’s College Mumbai,
is facing prosecution in around 20 criminal and terror cases in
different parts of the country.
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