The Supreme Court on Friday,6 March, stayed the Karnataka High Court order granting bail to 21 PFI members accused of indulging in violence at Mangaluru on 19 December during anti-CAA protests.
The High Court had, on 17 February, granted bail to the accused on the pleas filed by Mohammed Ashik and 20 others hailing from Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka.
A bench comprising Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices BR Gavai and Surya Kant issued notice to the accused after taking note of the appeal filed by Karnataka government against the grant of bail by the high court.
“Issue notice. In the meantime, there shall be an ad-interim stay of operation of the impugned judgment and order passed by the High Court if the respondents-accused are still in custody,” the bench ordered.