Overview
- Surendra Gadling, granted bail by a Bombay High Court bench on Monday, will stay in jail because his bail in a 2016 Surajgarh arson case is still before the Supreme Court.
- The judges cited his long custody and parity with co-accused who are already on bail as the key reasons.
- The Elgar Parishad case remains at a pre-trial stage, with discharge applications pending and no charges framed yet.
- All 15 surviving accused in the Elgar Parishad case are now on bail, following a series of releases over recent years.
- The NIA’s evidence has drawn scrutiny, including a 2023 Supreme Court remark that its cited letters had weak value and a forensic report that said files were planted on devices.