The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a plea by historian Romila Thapar and others seeking immediate release of five activists in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence case and a SIT probe into the arrests.
The bench reserved the judgment after counsel for both parties including senior advocates Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Harish Salve and Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta concluded their submissions.
The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, also comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud examined the material seized by police in connection with the arrest of the five activists – P Varavara Rao, Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira, Sudha Bharadwaj and Gautam Navlakha and asked Maharashtra police to file their case diary for the investigation by September 24.
The five activists are under arrest at their respective homes since August 29.
The apex court had earlier extended the house arrest of the activists till September 19. Maharashtra police had arrested the five activists on August 28 in multiple city raids in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence case.
