HC to hear Teltumbde’s plea to visit mom Feb 16

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday posted to February 16 an interim application filed by 2018 Elgar Parishad case accused, Anand Teltumbde, who wants to visit his 92-year-old mother and other family members, following the demise of his brother.Senior counsel Mihir Desai appearing for Teltumbde before a bench of

Justices S S Shinde

and

N R Borkar

, said that the trial court rejected Teltumbde’s application last December on the ground that a regular bail plea was pending before the high court, before which he can seek relief for temporary bail as well.For NIA, a counsel said since the Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh would be appearing in the matter, and the papers were received only on Thursday, time may be granted.tnn