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Binayak
Sen's bail plea: High court reserves order
Wednesday February 09, 2011 07:02:06 PM,
IANS
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Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh): The Chhattisgarh High Court Wednesday reserved its order on the
bail plea of rights activist Binayak Sen even as the state
government opposed it on the grounds of his links with the
Maoists.
Sen is at present lodged in a jail in Raipur after he was
sentenced to life term by a trial court in Raipur Dec 24 for
sedition and for his links with Maoist ideologue Narayan Sanyal.
Additional Advocate General Kishore Bhaduri, representing the
Chhattisgarh government, told the division bench of Justice T.P.
Sharma and Justice R.L. Jhanwar that Sen had strong links with the
Maoists.
He said the seized documents and other evidence were sufficient
for "not suspending the sentence awarded to him by the trial
court".
The high court reserved its order after Bhaduri concluded his
arguments by saying that "there are enough evidence for not
suspending the trial court verdict".
The trial court verdict that sent Sen, 60, to life term was widely
slammed by human right activists in India and abroad, who say he
was victimised by the Chhattisgarh government for highlighting
human rights abuse.
The high court is based about 110 km from state capital Raipur.
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