New Delhi, Jan. 23 -- The Bombay High Court granted bail to activists Sagar Gorkhe and Ramesh Gaichor on Friday. They were accused in the Elgar Parishad Maoist links case.

The court granted him bail on the grounds of parity, noting that other accused have been granted similar relief, news agency PTI reported.

Gorkhe and Gaichor were arrested in September 2020 and are presently lodged at the Taloja prison. It was alleged that Gorkhe and Gaichor were active members of the banned CPI (Maoist) group.

A bench, headed by Justice A S Gadkari, noted that several other accused in the case have been granted bail on the grounds of long incarceration and the possibility of the trial in the case not commencing in the near future.

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