The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to the Delhi University professor G.N. Saibaba, who was arrested in May 2014 on charges of alleged links with Naxalites.
A bench of Justices J.S. Khehar and C. Nagappan pulled up the Maharashtra government when it opposed bail to Prof. Saibaba, saying that he will tamper with witnesses. During the hearing in February, the bench had directed the state to keep him in a guest house and to provide medical treatment to him. The court had granted time for examination of crucial witnesses and posted the matter for further hearing on Monday.
On Monday, during the resumed hearing, counsel for Maharashtra submitted that eight more witnesses were to be examined and that Prof. Saibaba should not be released on bail in the meanwhile.
Justice Khehar told the state counsel “You have been extremely unfair to the accused, specially given his medical conditions.”
