Raipur: Civil rights activist Dr Binayak Sen is set to be released from a jail in Raipur today.
Sen's release comes after the Supreme Court granted him bail last week, striking down charges of sedition levelled against him by the Chhattisgarh government. (Read: No sedition; bail for Binayak, says Supreme Court)
He had been accused of colluding with Naxalites and sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of sedition. (Read: Who is Binayak Sen?)
Sen, who is a vice-president of the People's Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL), was accused of colluding with Naxals to establish a network to fight the state. He was charged with sedition and was convicted and sentenced along with Naxal ideologue Narayan Sanyal and Kolkata businessman Piyush Guha, to life imprisonment by a Chhattisgarh trial court.
Sen's release comes after the Supreme Court granted him bail last week, striking down charges of sedition levelled against him by the Chhattisgarh government. (Read: No sedition; bail for Binayak, says Supreme Court)
He had been accused of colluding with Naxalites and sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of sedition. (Read: Who is Binayak Sen?)
Sen, who is a vice-president of the People's Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL), was accused of colluding with Naxals to establish a network to fight the state. He was charged with sedition and was convicted and sentenced along with Naxal ideologue Narayan Sanyal and Kolkata businessman Piyush Guha, to life imprisonment by a Chhattisgarh trial court.
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