Topic: Bhima Koregaon

The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted bail to Delhi University professor and noted academic Dr. Hany Babu, who was arrested in 2020 in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case and charged under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), his partner and fellow academic Jenny Rowena told Maktoob.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted interim bail on medical grounds to human rights defender Mahesh Raut, an accused in the Bhima Koregaon–Elgar Parishad case, who has been in custody since June 2018 under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) over alleged Maoist links.

Delhi University professor and noted academic Dr. Hany Babu, who is one of the UAPA prisoners in the Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case, completed five years of incarceration on Sunday, 28 July, 2025.

Breaking Bhima Koregaon case: Rona Wilson and Sudhir Dhawale walk out of jail after 2,413 days Human rights defenders Rona Wilson and Sudhir Dhawale walked out of Taloja Central Jail in Mumbai, two weeks after they were granted bail in the Bhima Koregaon conspiracy case, in which they and other human rights defenders were charged under the draconian UAPA. Both were arrested on June 18, 2018, and had been languishing in jail since then.

Bombay High Court has granted bail to human rights activists Rona Wilson and Sudhir Dhawale who have been languishing in jail under draconian UAPA...

Seven human rights defenders who are accused in the Bhima Koregaon case have gone on a hunger strike from Friday, protesting that they are not physically produced for the trial.