Elgar Parishad Case: NIA alleged the accused had an intent to strike terror in minds of individuals.
Mumbai:
The NIA in its draft prices submitted earlier than a particular court docket in Mumbai within the Elgar Parishad-Maoist hyperlinks case has claimed the accused needed to determine their very own authorities and “wage a conflict towards the nation”.
The Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) submitted the draft earlier this month and a replica of it was made obtainable on Monday.
The draft lays down 17 prices towards 15 accused, together with human rights and civil liberties activists, and so they have been sought to be charged beneath varied sections of the stringent Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The NIA has alleged that the accused had been energetic members of the banned terror outfit CPI (Maoist).
The arrested accused within the case embrace activists Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon Gonsalves, Varavara Rao, Hany Babu, Anand Teltumbde, Shoma Sen, Gautam Navlakha and others.
As per the draft prices, the primary goal of the accused was to determine a “Janta Sarkar (folks’s authorities) via revolution and armed battle to grab energy from the state”.
The draft additionally claimed that the accused tried to “wage conflict towards the governments of India and Maharashtra”.
Framing of prices is step one earlier than trial commences within the case the place the prosecution describes the fees towards the accused together with the proof to be relied upon.
After the framing of prices, the court docket will ask the accused whether or not they plead responsible or not within the case.
The draft additional claimed the accused had been taking part in provocative songs, enacting brief performs and skits in Pune throughout the Elgar Parishad assembly and distributing Maoist literature.
“That the legal conspiracy was an intention to result in secession of part of territory of India and incite people to result in such a secession,” it stated.
It additional alleged that the accused had an intent to strike terror within the minds of individuals through the use of explosive substances.
“That accused recruited college students from varied universities together with the Jawaharlal Nehru College and Tata Institute of Social Science for fee of terrorist exercise,” it claimed.
The accused have been charged beneath Indian Penal Code Sections 120-B (conspiracy), 115 (abetment of offence), 121, 121-A (waging conflict towards state), 124-A (sedition), 153-A (arms in procession), 505(1)(B) (statements selling mischief) and 34 (widespread intention).
They’ve additionally been charged beneath UAPA Sections 13, 16, 17, 18, 18A, 18B, 20 (punishment for terrorist actions), 38, 39 and 40 (punishment for being a part of terrorist organisation).
The Elgar Parishad case is said to inflammatory speeches made at a conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017, which, the police claimed, triggered violence the following day close to the Koregaon-Bhima conflict memorial positioned on the outskirts of the western Maharashtra metropolis.
The prosecution claimed the conclave was organised by folks with alleged Maoist hyperlinks.
(Aside from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV workers and is printed from a syndicated feed.)
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