BOMBAY HC GRANTS BAIL The Bombay High Court on Friday granted temporary bail to Bhima Koregaon accused Surendra Gadling from August 13 to August 21, 2021 to attend mother's funeral rites. Senior Advocate Indira Jaising argued that when Gadling had moved for bail before the Special Judge, the NIA had sought for time to respond to the petition. They had filed their reply on August 28, 2020, when Gadling's mother had expired on August 15, 2020. She argued that the delay in hearing of the application was because of NIA and not Gadling as was projected by NIA. She relied upon an order of the High Court which permitted co-accused, civil rights activist and lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj to visit her home to attend her late father’s 13th day rituals and other final rights in Bangalore for two days. Advocate Sandesh Patil appearing for NIA argued that the reason for temporary bail did not exist, as the unfortunate death had already occurred a year back. Bench of Justice SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar granted bail from August 13 to August 21, 2021 to attend mother's funeral rites. Reddy & Reddy Law Firm is a team of expert professionals. They have a forte in handing bail matters.