A bench of Justices AS Gadkari and Milind Jadhav observed that the NIA case was prima facie true and considering the material (against Jagtap), the appeal challenging rejection of bail by Special Court stood dismissed.
In the 47 page order refusing bail to the accused Jyoti Jagtap, the High Court observed from evidence that allegations of Jagtap and other accused being involved in conspiracy for destabilising government seemed true.
Saibaba was convicted by the Gadchiroli sessions court in 2017 and sentenced to life imprisonment. He had challenged this judgment before the HC and spent five years in prison before the verdict was overturned.
A group of over 40 civil society organisations demanded immediate bail for Vernon Gonsalves, who is being treated for dengue that he contracted in jail.