Eight accused had been refused bail by the High Court on December 1 while another co-accused Sudha Bharadwaj had been granted bail.
The High Court in its December 1 order, while demarcating Bharadwaj’s plea from the other eight, had noted that Bharadwaj’s application for default bail was pending on the date the application for extension of time to file the chargesheet was made by the Pune Police.
“In sum and substance, the High Court came to the conclusion that the applicants had not availed the right by filing default bail application after expiry of initial period of 90 days and before filing of chargesheet,” the review application stated.
The accused pointed out that they had also filed default bail applications and the order based on which Bharadwaj was granted bail, was a common order which also included their application.
They contended that they stood pari materia with Bharadwaj and are entitled to same reliefs as granted to her.
Source: Barandbench
