India, Dec. 5 -- The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted bail to former Delhi University professor Hany Babu, accused in the Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case, citing his prolonged pre-trial incarceration of five years and seven months.

Babu, an English literature professor, was arrested on April 14, 2020, and has remained in custody since. He moved the court in June 2024 challenging earlier orders, first by the NIA court refusing him bail in 2022, and then by the high court upholding that refusal, arguing that he had been detained for an unconstitutionally long period without trial. His plea was filed through advocate Yug Mohit Chaudhry.

The NIA has accused Babu of being part of a larger conspiracy linked to the Elgar Parishad event...