After more than five hard years behind bars – arrested in July 2020 under the controversial Bhima Koregaon / Elgar Parishad case – Dr Hany Babu has been granted bail by the Bombay High Court.
This wasn’t some quick detour behind bars – the bail was granted on the grounds of prolonged pre-trial detention, a flag that justice delayed shouldn’t become justice denied.
The court seems to have drawn a line under indefinite detention without timely trial – a vindication, of sorts, not just for Hany Babu, but for the idea that the justice system must respect its own timelines. For him, his family and all who stood by him: this is more than bail. It’s a chance to rebuild, recover years lost and reconnect.
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