<p>Mumbai: A special NIA court in Mumbai has allowed activist Varavara Rao, an accused in the 2018 Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, to travel to Hyderabad to undergo cataract surgery.</p>.<p>Judge Rajesh Katariya on Wednesday permitted Rao to travel to the Telangana capital between December 5 and 11 for his left eye surgery.</p>.<p>He must report to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on December 4 and furnish details of his journey and the address and contact number of the place where he would be staying in Hyderabad, the court said.</p>.Varavara Rao: The old man won’t die in jail. Thanks, SC.<p>The court also warned the activist not to misuse the liberty granted to him.</p>.<p>Rao was arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case in 2018 and granted temporary bail on medical grounds in March 2021 by the Bombay High Court.</p>.<p>In August 2022, the Supreme Court granted him regular bail on medical grounds.</p>.<p>One of the conditions in the bail order was that Rao shall not leave the jurisdiction of the special NIA court in Mumbai without the court's permission.</p>.<p>Last month, the high court allowed Rao to travel to Hyderabad for a week to undergo cataract surgery on the right eye.</p>.<p>A division bench headed by Justice A S Gadkari had said that once he returned, he could approach the trial court seeking permission to travel again for surgery on the other eye.</p>.<p>Rao and many other Left-leaning activists have been booked in connection with alleged provocative speeches delivered at the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017.</p>.SC grants bail to Varavara Rao on medical grounds.<p>The Pune police claimed the conclave was backed by Maoists, and the speeches made there triggered violence near the Koregaon-Bhima war memorial in Pune district the next day.</p>.<p>The NIA later took over the probe into the case. </p>
<p>Mumbai: A special NIA court in Mumbai has allowed activist Varavara Rao, an accused in the 2018 Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, to travel to Hyderabad to undergo cataract surgery.</p>.<p>Judge Rajesh Katariya on Wednesday permitted Rao to travel to the Telangana capital between December 5 and 11 for his left eye surgery.</p>.<p>He must report to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on December 4 and furnish details of his journey and the address and contact number of the place where he would be staying in Hyderabad, the court said.</p>.Varavara Rao: The old man won’t die in jail. Thanks, SC.<p>The court also warned the activist not to misuse the liberty granted to him.</p>.<p>Rao was arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case in 2018 and granted temporary bail on medical grounds in March 2021 by the Bombay High Court.</p>.<p>In August 2022, the Supreme Court granted him regular bail on medical grounds.</p>.<p>One of the conditions in the bail order was that Rao shall not leave the jurisdiction of the special NIA court in Mumbai without the court's permission.</p>.<p>Last month, the high court allowed Rao to travel to Hyderabad for a week to undergo cataract surgery on the right eye.</p>.<p>A division bench headed by Justice A S Gadkari had said that once he returned, he could approach the trial court seeking permission to travel again for surgery on the other eye.</p>.<p>Rao and many other Left-leaning activists have been booked in connection with alleged provocative speeches delivered at the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017.</p>.SC grants bail to Varavara Rao on medical grounds.<p>The Pune police claimed the conclave was backed by Maoists, and the speeches made there triggered violence near the Koregaon-Bhima war memorial in Pune district the next day.</p>.<p>The NIA later took over the probe into the case. </p>