India, Sept. 11 -- The Bombay High Court on Wednesday strongly criticised the Maharashtra Police and Prison Authorities for their laxity in failing to release anti-caste activist Ramesh Murlidhar Gaichor, 41, arrested in connection with the 2018 Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case.

The court pointed out that despite granting Gaichor three days' temporary bail from September 9 to September 11 to visit his ailing 75-year-old father, the authorities did not release him due to a week-long public holiday. The division bench of Justice Ajay Gadkari and Justice Ranjitsinha Bhonsale remarked, "We made it clear in our order that we are considering his plea only on humanitarian grounds. So humanity is now put to rest? Why was he not released? Is th...