By Online Desk
The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted regular bail to activist Teesta Setalvad over charges of forging documents and tutoring witnesses in case linked to post-Godhra riots. The apex court said that since the chargesheet has been filed, no custodial interrogation is necessary.
The court said that the activist would be treated as on continuous bail since September 2, 2022 but ordered her not to influence witnesses.
The bench also gave the Gujarat police permission to directly move the SC if any attempt is made to influence witnesses.
Setalvad was taken into custody on June 25 last year along with former Gujarat Director General of Police R B Sreekumar and ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a case registered by the Ahmedabad crime branch police for allegedly fabricating evidence to frame innocent people in the post-Godhra riots cases.
The Supreme Court also set aside July 1 order of Gujarat HC that asked activist Teesta Setalvad to surrender in case linked to post-Godhra riots.
Setalvad, a vocal critic of the then Gujarat government, was released from jail in September last year after she received interim bail from the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted regular bail to activist Teesta Setalvad over charges of forging documents and tutoring witnesses in case linked to post-Godhra riots. The apex court said that since the chargesheet has been filed, no custodial interrogation is necessary.
The court said that the activist would be treated as on continuous bail since September 2, 2022 but ordered her not to influence witnesses.
The bench also gave the Gujarat police permission to directly move the SC if any attempt is made to influence witnesses.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });
Setalvad was taken into custody on June 25 last year along with former Gujarat Director General of Police R B Sreekumar and ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a case registered by the Ahmedabad crime branch police for allegedly fabricating evidence to frame innocent people in the post-Godhra riots cases.
The Supreme Court also set aside July 1 order of Gujarat HC that asked activist Teesta Setalvad to surrender in case linked to post-Godhra riots.
Setalvad, a vocal critic of the then Gujarat government, was released from jail in September last year after she received interim bail from the Supreme Court.
