The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to BJP leader Hardik Patel in connection with a case of rioting, violence and arson registered agaunst him during the 2015 Patidar agitation in Gujarat [Hardik Bharatbhai Patel vs State of Gujarat]..An earlier interim passed by the apex court granting relief to Patel in the case was made absolute by a bench of Justices AS Bopanna and Hima Kohli..The Patidar agitation happened in Gujarat seeking reservation for the Patidar community.The Supreme Court had in February 2020 granted interim protection from arrest Patel who was then a leader of the Congress party. Patel had approached the apex court against a decision of the Gujarat High Court denying him anticipatory bail in the 2015 case.Patel was initially convicted by a lower Court in Mehsana, and sentenced to two years' imprisonment.He had approached the Gujarat High Court seeking suspension of his conviction so that he could contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. This plea was, however, rejected by the High Court. He then moved the Supreme Court in appeal against this order, which stayed the conviction in April last year.
The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to BJP leader Hardik Patel in connection with a case of rioting, violence and arson registered agaunst him during the 2015 Patidar agitation in Gujarat [Hardik Bharatbhai Patel vs State of Gujarat]..An earlier interim passed by the apex court granting relief to Patel in the case was made absolute by a bench of Justices AS Bopanna and Hima Kohli..The Patidar agitation happened in Gujarat seeking reservation for the Patidar community.The Supreme Court had in February 2020 granted interim protection from arrest Patel who was then a leader of the Congress party. Patel had approached the apex court against a decision of the Gujarat High Court denying him anticipatory bail in the 2015 case.Patel was initially convicted by a lower Court in Mehsana, and sentenced to two years' imprisonment.He had approached the Gujarat High Court seeking suspension of his conviction so that he could contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. This plea was, however, rejected by the High Court. He then moved the Supreme Court in appeal against this order, which stayed the conviction in April last year.