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Patkar Granted Bail in Defamation Case
Hindustan Times Ranchi
|April 26, 2025
In a relief to activist Medha Patkar, the Delhi High Court on Friday suspended her sentence in a defamation case filed by Delhi LG V K Saxena in which she was arrested and produced in a sessions court earlier in the day.
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Saxena filed the case 23 years ago when he was heading an NGO in Gujarat.
On April 2, a sessions court upheld Patkar's conviction in the defamation case but suspended her jail term and released her on "probation of good conduct". It directed her to furnish a ₹25,000 probation bond on April 8 and imposed a precondition of ₹1 lakh fine.
This story is from the April 26, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Ranchi.
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