India, July 16 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked former Delhi University associate professor Hany Babu to approach the trial court or the Bombay high court for bail in the Bhima Koregaon violence case.

Babu had withdrawn his bail plea before the Supreme Court (SC) in May 2024 and approached the Bombay high court which had granted bail to five co-accused in the same case. But on May 2 this year, the high court said the top court's order permitting him to withdraw his plea did not permit him to approach the high court directly and instructed him to seek clarification from the Supreme Court.

A bench of justices Pankaj Mithal and PB Varale said it could not hear his request for bail on an application seeking clarification and said it ...