This is the second time in two years that the high court has acquitted him and others of all charges. On October 14, 2022, a division bench, comprising Justice Rohit B. Deo and Anil Pansare, overturned the Gadchiroli session court’s judgment. The state immediately moved the Supreme Court, and eventually, the high court’s verdict was overturned. Justice Deo resigned soon after. The case was freshly heard on the apex court’s direction, and once again, the very same court, comprising Justice Vinay G. Joshi and Justice Valimiki S. Menezes, acquitted Saibaba and others.
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The trial in the lower court was handled by Nagpur-based human rights lawyer Surendra Gadling. Soon after the trial was completed in the Gadchiroli sessions court, Gadling was arrested in the Elgar Parishad case. Saibaba, on Thursday, said that his lawyer Gadling was targeted only for handling his case.
“A lawyer who has all along fought for justice, who has represented hundreds and thousands of Dalits and Adivasis from the region in court, and such a man is in jail. If justice has to be fully achieved in my case, then Gadling should be released,” he said.
08/03/2024