SC grants bail to Binayak's associate Guha
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to Piyush Guha, who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment along with civil rights activist Binayak Sen in a sedition case.
The vacation bench of justices G S Singhvi and C K Prasad suspended the sentence of life imprisonment and directed Guha's release on bail.
The bench also directed Guha to furnish a bail bond of Rs two lakh and two sureties of one lakh each.
Guha, a Kolkata-based businessman, was convicted along with Sen and Naxal ideologue Narayan Sanyal for colluding with Maoists to establish a network to fight the state. They were awarded life imprisonment.
He then challenged his conviction in the Chhattisgarh High Court which refused to grant him bail in the case.
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