Wilson, Dhawale Get HC Bail in 2018 Bhima-Koregaon Case

Bail granted in view of 6-year jail period, any unlikelihood of trial completion soon

- HT Correspondent

MUMBAI: Activists Rona Wilson and Sudhir Dhawale, arrested in connection with the Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case, are likely to be released from jail next week as the Bombay high court on Wednesday granted them bail in view of their nearly six-year-long pre-trial incarceration and the unlikeliness of the trial concluding anytime soon.

"They have been in jail since 2018 and even the charges in the case are yet to be framed. The prosecution has cited over 300 witnesses. Thus, there is no possibility of the trial concluding in the near future," the division bench of justices AS Gadkari and Kamal Khata said while ordering their release on personal bonds of ₹1 lakh and 1-2 sureties of the same amount each.