Overview

• Special public prosecutor Prakash Shetty filed the plea naming Rona Wilson, Mahesh Raut, Anand Teltumbde, Gautam Navlakha and Hany Babu.
• The application invokes Section 51, which deems passports of persons chargesheeted under UAPA impounded for a period the court determines.
• The special court has listed the matter for October 9 and directed the accused to file their responses.
• The filing comes as bail statuses vary across the group, with the Supreme Court recently granting Mahesh Raut six weeks of interim medical bail.
• Prosecutors reiterated their claim that Anand Teltumbde’s December 31, 2017 presentation at Pune’s Shaniwarwada contributed to the subsequent Bhima-Koregaon violence.