The Supreme Court today adjourned till April 15 the hearing on the bail plea of rights activist Binayak Sen, sentenced to life imprisonment for colluding with Maoists, after Chhattisgarh government sought more time to argue its case.
A bench of Justices H S Bedi and C K Prasad deferred the hearing on the plea of Chhattisgarh government which had been directed on March 11 to submit within four weeks its response to the bail application of Sen. 61-year-old Sen is serving life term in a Chhattisgarh jail following his conviction on charges of sedition and links with Naxalites. He had moved the apex court challenging the Chhattisgarh High Court order rejecting his bail plea on February 10.
A doctor and a pass-out of the prestigious Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, Sen sought bail contending that the trial court has erred in convicting him when there was no substantial evidence.
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