New Delhi: Former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba and 5 others, accused of alleged involvement with banned extremist outfits, have been acquitted by the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court on Firday.
Earlier, a bench of Gadchiroli court had convicted the accused and awarded them a life imprisionment for anti-national activities.
Bombay HC acquits five convicts for alleged links with Maoist
Saibaba then, challenged a verdict of 2017 where he was awarded life imprisonment.
Along wtih Saibaba, the court has directed to rest of the convicts unless they are booked under another case.
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However, one of the convicts died during the hearing was pending in the court.
The Gadchiroli court had found Saibaba, a journalist and a student of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) linked with Moaist. It was alleged that they were involved in activities that could start a war against the nation.
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