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Elgar Parishad case: Activist Stan Swamy moves Bombay High Court for bail
Updated On: 27 April, 2021 12:00 AM IST | Mumbai | PTI
In his petition, Swamy has said he apprehends contracting COVID-19 as over 40 inmates of the Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai (where he is lodged) have tested positive for the infection.
Stan Swamy. File pic
Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist Stan Swamy, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, has approached the Bombay High Court for bail on health grounds.
Swamy (83), in his appeal filed in the HC on Monday, has challenged an order passed by a sessions court here last month refusing him bail.
The jailed activist is seeking bail citing his old age and on the ground that he is suffering from multiple ailments.
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