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NIA, Maharashtra told to reply to plea by Bhima Koregaon accused
The Hindu
3 accused have challenged denial of default bail
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Maharashtra government to file their replies to a plea by three accused in the Bhima Koregaon caste violence case challenging the rejection of their application for default bail.
P Varavara Rao, 83, Vernon Gonsalves, 64 and Arun Ferreira, 46, all currently lodged at the Taloja Central Jail, filed a review petition before a division bench of justices S.S. Shinde and N.J. Jamadar. They have sought review of the judgment passed on December 1, 2021, contending that there were certain factual errors that arose out of the judgment and that there would be gross miscarriage of justice if the error was not rectified.