India top court reserves verdict

India's Supreme Court yesterday reserved its judgement on a plea seeking the immediate release of five leading rights activists accused of having links with Maoists and in connection with violence during a backward caste rally.

A bench, headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, reserved the verdict after counsel for both parties concluded their submissions.

On Wednesday, the apex court had said that it would look into the case with a hawk's eye as liberty cannot be "sacrificed at the altar of conjectures". The bench yesterday asked the Maharashtra state police to file their case diary pertaining to the ongoing probe in the case by September 24.