Elgar Case: Bombay HC Rejects Gautam Navlakha's Shift to House Arrest Plea

Navlakha's advocate Yug Mohit Chaudhry said that his client has developed chronic back pain but was denied a chair.

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday, 26 April, dismissed a plea filed by activist Gautam Navlakha, an accused in the Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case, seeking to be moved to house arrest instead of judicial custody in Taloja jail as it lacked basic medical facilities, reported LiveLaw.

A bench of Justices SB Shukre and GA Sanap dismissed the plea and said that any grievances faced by Navlakha pertaining to the lack of medical aid and basic facilities in Taloja jail could be placed before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for appropriate action.

The order stated,

"Petitioner would be at liberty to bring to the attention of presiding officer of special NIA court the grievances in respect of difficulties faced by him and the said officer directed to ensure grievance redressed within parameters of law."