Pune Court Terms Teltumbde's Arrest Illegal, Releases Him
PUNE, Maharashtra: In
a major setback to Maharashtra police, a sessions court in Pune has termed the
arrest of Dalit intellectual Anand Teltumbde as illegal and ordered the police
to release him immediately. Teltumbde, a renowned
academic and a professor in Goa Institute of Management, was arrested by Pune
police early morning on Saturday from Mumbai airport on the charges of being a
member of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) and association with
Dalit platform Elgar Parishad which the police claimed had Maoist funding and
caused violence in Bhima Koregoan area of Maharashtra last year.
The arrest had taken
place despite the Supreme Court granting four weeks’ protection from arrest to
Teltumbde which ends on February 11 and it could now attract contempt
proceedings from the apex court. Teltumbde was produced
before the sessions court of additional sessions judge K.D.Vadane in Pune on
Saturday afternoon. The same judge had rejected his anticipatory bail
application on Friday.
However, on Saturday
Judge Vadane termed the arrest of Teltumbde as “illegal” and asked the police
to release him immediately.
The prosecution argued
that since Teltumbde had submitted to the jurisdiction of the sessions court
under section 438 and was denied anticipatory bail, the Supreme Court
protection was extinguished, however, judge Vadane rejected this argument... read more:
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