Overview
- Justices M M Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma approved interim bail for Jagtap until the next hearing scheduled for February 2026.
- Jagtap has been in custody since her September 2020 arrest linked to performances at the December 31, 2017 Elgar Parishad event in Pune.
- The National Investigation Agency alleges Kabir Kala Manch is a CPI (Maoist) front and accuses Jagtap of conspiring and abetting terrorist acts under the UAPA.
- A special NIA court denied her bail in February 2022 and the Bombay High Court upheld that denial, citing dialogues in KKM performances as indicative of a larger plot.
- The bench recently extended co-accused Mahesh Raut’s interim medical bail to November 26 as proceedings in related appeals continue.