New Delhi, April 14: The Supreme Court will hear tomorrow the bail plea of civil rights activist Binayak Sen, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of sedition and links with Naxalites.
Sen, 61, has challenged the order of the Chhattisgarh High Court, which had rejected his bail plea on February 10.
A professional doctor and a pass-out of Vellore’s prestigious Christian Medical College (CMC), Sen has sought bail contending that the trial court has erred in convicting him when there was no substantial evidence against him.
A bench of justices H S Bedi and C K Prasad had on April 11 deferred the hearing after Chhattisgarh government sought more time to argue its case.
In the last hearing family members of Sen, PUCL activists, and two members of the European Union, who have been monitoring the Sen’s case, were present in the court.
-Agencies