Five Patidar leaders get bail in sedition cases, only Hardik remains in jail

Chirag Patel, Ketan and Dinesh — core members of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti — were arrested in October last year along with Hardik for allegedly inciting violence to mount pressure on the government to accept the demand of reservations for the Patidar community.

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Vipul and Chirag Desai remained in jail for 112 days in connection with a sedition case against Hardik’s purported remark — “We should kill two to three policemen rather than thinking of suicide”.

In the High Court, Justice A J Desai allowed the petitions of the three Hardik aides after the government said it has no objection in view of their written undertaking before the sessions court, which had rejected their bail pleas.

On the other hand, Hardik’s bail plea was argued at length in the same court. During the hearing, when the court asked if Hardik would proceed on agitation again if granted bail, his lawyers said that “he will protest under the constitutional frame up since he is the leader of a community”. The state government is likely to oppose the bail plea on May 3.

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