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Lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj, one of the 16 people arrested in the Elgar Parishad case, was released this morning after spending over three years in jail.
The Supreme Court had two days ago rejected the National Investigation Agency’s plea to stay the default bail granted to her by the Bombay High Court on December 1.
“We see no reason to interfere with the High Court order. Plea dismissed,” a bench of Justices UU Lalit, SR Bhat, and Bela M Trivedi had said, clearing her release.
Bharadwaj was released from the Byculla women’s prison after the NIA court set bail conditions yesterday. She is the first to be granted default bail in the case.
