MUMBAI: Sudeep Pasbola, counsel for civil rights activist Arun Ferreira, on Monday argued that reading books on Marxism is "not enough to incriminate". Ferreira is seeking bail following his arrest last year by Pune police on allegations of being a maoist in a case registered in connection to the Elgar Parishad meeting in December 2017.
Pasbola in his submissions before justice Sarang Kotwal said that Ferreira has “an interest in Marxism so he studies it. One cannot judge a person by the books he reads," he argued. The lawyer said he himself likes to read crime fictions and about gangsters "but it doesn’t make me one".
Pasbola, after reading out several witness statements from the prosecution record, argued that there is “absolutely no evidence of any war like situation" or that Arun instigated people against the government or against society.
The prosecution will start their arguments now on October 1.
Pasbola in his submissions before justice Sarang Kotwal said that Ferreira has “an interest in Marxism so he studies it. One cannot judge a person by the books he reads," he argued. The lawyer said he himself likes to read crime fictions and about gangsters "but it doesn’t make me one".
Pasbola, after reading out several witness statements from the prosecution record, argued that there is “absolutely no evidence of any war like situation" or that Arun instigated people against the government or against society.
The prosecution will start their arguments now on October 1.
Get the app