Chhattisgarh HC rejects PUCL leader's bail

Bilaspur, July 23 (UNI) The Chhattisgarh High Court today rejected a bail plea of PUCL Vice-President Binayak Sen arrested under the Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act, 2006 and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

Justice Sunil Sinha reserved his ruling on Friday.

Sen was arrested on May 14 at a lawyer's office here for conveying messages from naxal leader Narayan Sanyal, lodged in a local jail, to extreme leftist Piyush Guha. The PUCL leader was incarcerated at Raipur.

Police claimed incriminating evidence was found in a hard disk belonging to Sen whose counsel Kanak Tiwari submitted that his client was meeting Sanyal in the capacity of a human rights activist and in the presence of the Prison Superintendent after obtaining permission from the Superintendent of Police.

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