Activist Arun Ferreira, one of the accused in the Elgar parishad case, has sought default bail on parity with co-accused Sudha Bharadwaj, who was granted relief in December 2021.
Ferreira's petition came up for hearing on Friday before a division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Sharmila Deshmukh. The former recused herself from hearing the plea without assigning any reason.
The National Investigation Agency, however, contended that the emails were not intercepted, but were downloaded during the investigation by following due procedure.