Next hearing on Binayak Sen’s bail plea Feb 9
By IANSTuesday, January 25, 2011
BILASPUR - The Chhattisgarh High Court heard the bail plea of rights activist Binayak Sen for the second consecutive day Tuesday and then fixed Feb 9 for the next hearing.
Sen is at present lodged in a central jail in Raipur after he was sentenced to life term by a trial court in Raipur Dec 24 on sedition charges over his links with Maoist ideologue Narayan Sanyal.
A division bench of Justice T.P. Sharma and Justice R.L. Jhanwar started the hearing in the afternoon period and Sen’s lawyer Surendra Singh contended that not a single document seized in connection with the case indicated that Sen had committed any offence that amounts to sedition.
“Documents were planted by police to establish some connection of Sen with the Maoists,” he argued.
Appearing for Sen, senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani Monday argued for over two hours for grant of bail and described the trial court verdict as one based only on police versions.
An eight-member delegation of the European Union were present at the court during the hearing Monday.
Chhattisgarh High Court is in this town, about 110 km from Raipur.
