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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Maval firing: 48 farmers granted bail

Maval firing: 48 farmers granted bail

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published Published on Apr 4, 2012   modified Modified on Apr 4, 2012
-The Times of India
 
The court of additional sessions judge Vinay Joshi on Tuesday released 48 farmers on a regular bail after they were arrested in connection with the Maval firing case recently. 

The farmers were released on a personal bond of Rs 7,500 with one surety of the like amount each.

The court directed the police to give written intimations to the farmers whenever they were called for interrogation. The farmers were directed to co-operate with the police and not to tamper with the prosecution's evidence. 

The farmer's lawyer, Prasad Kulkarni, pleaded for their bail as he told the court that their custodial interrogation was not needed because they were not named in the FIR. Deputy superintendent of police (Lonavla division) Shankar Jadhav did not oppose the bail pleas. 

The bail order has described the firing incident as a public outburst against the state government for implementing the water pipeline project from Pavana dam to Pimpri-Chinchwad. 

Judge Vinay Joshi observed that the FIR had named some farmers, but it has not attributed the role played by the arrested farmers in the incident. According to the court: "The allegations are of omnibus nature against the mob and the police remand report shows that the police had not prayed for seeking their custodial interrogation since the date of their arrest" . 

The judge held that the rule of parity will apply in the case as the co-accused named in the FIR have been released on bail on September 2, 2011. 

The bail order reads that some policemen were injured and public property was damaged, but the facts disclose that the incident took place suddenly due to public vengeance. 

The judge held that no specific allegation has been leveled against either of the arrested persons, and that the state has candidly given no objection to the bail pleas. This is a fit case to release the arrested farmers on bail. 

Three villagers were killed in the police firing near Baur village on the Pune-Mumbai expressway on August 9, 2011 during a protest by farmers opposing the acquisition of land for the implementation of a water pipeline project from the Pavana dam to Pimpri-Chinchwad . Several farmers were injured in the firing and lathicharge by the police. More than 40 policemen , including former superintendent of police Sandeep Karnik, were also injured in stone-pelting by protestors. On March 29, the police had issued notices to the farmers, directing them to appear at the Wadgaon Maval police station. The farmers were arrested on March 30 and 30, produced before the court, remanded to judicial custody and sent to jail.

The Times of India, 4 April, 2012, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Maval-firing-48-farmers-granted-bail/articleshow/12527427.cms


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