“We are satisfied with the reasons shown in his plea and there is nothing to show that he is a flight risk.We have made up our mind,” the HC said.The court noted that there have not been any instances where Navlakha has attempted to flee.”The applicant (Navlakha) feels that he is forced to stay in Mumbai when his house is in Delhi. He has assured that he will come back to Mumbai when the trial begins,” the court said.”Consider his age. He feels completely uprooted from his life and his social circle. He is now free in the sense he is out on bail. Just imagine. It is not that we are permitting him to escape the clutches of law,” Justice Dangre said.The bench said the prosecuting agency NIA can specify what conditions need to be imposed on Navlakha and posted the matter for further hearing on Wednesday.The NIA has accused Navlakha of being a co-conspirator who was involved in propagating Maoist activities and ideology under the instructions of leaders of the banned organisation, the CPI (Maoist).The case relates to inciting people and giving provocative speeches during an Elgar Parishad event organised by the Kabir Kala Manch at Shaniwarwada in Pune on December 31, 2017, which promoted enmity between various caste groups and led to violence resulting in loss of life and property and statewide agitation in Maharashtra.Initially, the Pune police registered a case in 2018 alleging that the accused were involved in provocative speeches triggering violence at Koregaon-Bhima in Pune district the next day.The case was later taken over by the NIA.The Elgar Parishad case has seen the arrest of 16 people, including prominent lawyers, activists, and academics accused of furthering the cause of the banned CPI (Maoist).
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