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“The Elgar Parishad event is thus a smaller conspiracy within the larger design and conspiracy of CPI(M) to further its agenda. From one of the letters it is seen that there is a congratulatory message given for the success of the Elgar Parishad event and a direction is issued to exploit the death of the youth in the violence on the following day".
The Division Bench of Justice A.S Gadkari and Justice Milind Jadhav of the Bombay High Court, on Monday, had rejected the bail plea of Jyoti Jagtap who was arrested in the Bhima Koregaon Case.
Jyoti Jagtap had filed an appeal against the Special Court’s (NIA Court) order, rejecting her bail application. The Special Court rejected her bail application in February this year.
The order rejecting the bail of Jagtap states that,
“The documents referred to herein above clearly highlights the active role of the Appellant in so far as organizing the Elgar Parishad event but more importantly it is the association of Appellant with the prominent members of CPI(M) which is a designated terrorist organization which cannot be lost sight of".
The division bench said that Elgar Parishad was a smaller conspiracy in the larger design and conspiracy of CPI(M). The order states,
“The Elgar Parishad event is thus a smaller conspiracy within the larger design and conspiracy of CPI(M) to further its agenda. From one of the letters it is seen that there is a congratulatory message given for the success of the Elgar Parishad event and a direction is issued to exploit the death of the youth in the violence on the following day. It is also seen that CPI(M) has chalked out a detailed strategy for furtherance of its objective to overthrow the democratically elected government of our country and the Appellant and other co-accused are prima facie actively strategising the same”.
The order also stated that the entire material produced before us by NIA, clearly showed that the Elgar Parishad event was used and organized to establish underground contact with the banned terrorist organization CPI(M) through its activist which includes the Appellant.
The Court while dismissing the appeal and arguments of the appellant and upholding the order of the Special Court noted,
“From the seriousness of the conspiracy and the threat that it poses, we are of the considered view that submissions made on behalf of the Appellant cannot be accepted.”
Case Title: Jyoti Jagtap vs National Investigation Agency & Anr.
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