Supreme Court seeks Bhima-Koregaon chargesheet by December 8

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Maharashtra government to submit before it the chargesheet filed against arrested activists in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence case.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it wanted to see the ‘charges’ filed against the accused in special court in Pune, and asked senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi appearing for the Maharashtra government, to submit it by December 8.

The bench was hearing an appeal by the state government against a Bombay High Court order refusing to extend the time limit of 90 days for filing the probe report. The next hearing scheduled on December 11.


The Pune Police had arrested lawyer Surendra Gadling, Nagpur University professor Shoma Sen, activists Sudhir Dhawale and Mahesh Raut, and Kerala native Rona Wilson in June for their alleged links with the Maoists under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

Earlier, the Supreme Court had refused to interfere with the arrest of five rights activists by the Maharashtra police and declined to appoint an SIT to probe their arrest.

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