No connection between Elgar Parishad event and violence, advocate tells Bombay HC

Counsel for Rona Wilson sought to know the steps for relief if there was tampering of evidence

The advocate for one of the accused in the Bhima Koregaon violence case told the Bombay High Court on Monday that there was no connection between the Elgar Parishad event and the violence which took place later. The advocate sought to know the steps for relief if there was tampering of evidence. Indira Jaising, representing Rona Wilson, told a Division Bench of Justices S.S. Shinde and N.J. Jamadar that this was a case of selective prosecution. She pointed out that the complaint in the case was made eight days after the event. The case was transferred from one department to another based on the transfer of the investigating officer and there was investigation being conducted by two police stations — Pune rural and Pune urban. She said, “We want a judgment from this court on what is legal electronic evidence and what is not. If my computer is tampered with, what relief do I have? There are many types of reliefs possible. This is a case of selective prosecution.”