Bhima Koregaon case: Former professor Shoma Sen gets bail from Supreme Court

The order came nearly three weeks after the National Investigation Agency told the court that it did not need her custody anymore.

Bhima Koregaon case: Former professor Shoma Sen gets bail from Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to former Nagpur University professor Shoma Sen, who is among those accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, Live Law reported.

The order came nearly three weeks after the National Investigation Agency told the court that it did not need her custody anymore.

The Supreme Court told Sen not to leave Maharashtra and to surrender her passport, if she has one, with the special court while she is out on bail.

Sen is among 16 academicians, activists and lawyers who were charged under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act for their alleged role in instigating caste violence at Bhima Koregaon near Pune in January 2018. She has been in jail since June 2018.

One of the accused persons, Stan Swamy, died at a Mumbai hospital while in police custody on July 5, 2021....

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