Today Supreme court granted bail to Binayak sen. The court observed that no case of sedition was made out against Binayak Sen who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by Chhatisgarh court.
"No case of sedition is made out," a bench comprising justices H S Bedi and C K Prasad observed while granting bail to 61-year-old Sen, who was also held guilty by a trial court in Chhattisgarh for helping naxalites to set up a network.
Sen has challenged his conviction and life sentence before the Chhattisgarh High Court which had refused to suspend the punishment pending the appeal.
The bench, which preferred not to give any reasons for granting bail, said, "We are a democratic country. He may be a sympathiser (of Naxalites) but it did not make him guilty of sedition
"No case of sedition is made out," a bench comprising justices H S Bedi and C K Prasad observed while granting bail to 61-year-old Sen, who was also held guilty by a trial court in Chhattisgarh for helping naxalites to set up a network.
Sen has challenged his conviction and life sentence before the Chhattisgarh High Court which had refused to suspend the punishment pending the appeal.
The bench, which preferred not to give any reasons for granting bail, said, "We are a democratic country. He may be a sympathiser (of Naxalites) but it did not make him guilty of sedition
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