human rights defender
Mahesh Raut
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Mahesh Raut
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
HRD's year of birth
1987
HRD's Gender
Man
Type of HRD
- Academic
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
- Environmental rights
- Indigenous peoples’ rights
- Land rights
HRD's geographical origin
Urban
Current Status
Released on bail
HRD's bio and work
Mahesh Raut is a forest rights activist and a former Prime Minister's Rural Development (PMRD) Fellow. An alumnus of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), he worked closely with Madia Gond Adivasi communities in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, helping them assert their legal rights over forest resources under the FRA and PESA Acts.
Detained since
Jun 6, 2018
Date of release
Sep 1, 2025
Charge(s)
- Anti-government propaganda
- Creating disturbances
- Damage to public property
Sentence
Charge
UAPA Sections 13, 16, 17, 18, 18B, 20, 38, 39, and 40; IPC Sections 120B, 115, 121, 121A, 124A, 153A, and 505(1)(b).
Latitude: 19.077444647726505
Longitude: 73.06927607089936
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Asia: Southern Asia
Location of detention - City/Town
Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
Location of detention - Facility
Taloja Central Prison, Maharashtra
Recent case update / evolution
On 21 September 2023, Bombay High Court granted bail. September 2025, the Supreme Court granted medical bail.
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- HRD's year of birth
- 1987
- HRD's Gender
- Man
- Type of HRD
- Academic
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
- Environmental rights
- Indigenous peoples’ rights
- Land rights
- HRD's Picture
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- Live law
- HRD's bio and work
Mahesh Raut is a forest rights activist and a former Prime Minister's Rural Development (PMRD) Fellow. An alumnus of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), he worked closely with Madia Gond Adivasi communities in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, helping them assert their legal rights over forest resources under the FRA and PESA Acts.
- HRD's geographical origin
- Urban
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Asia: Southern Asia
- Location of detention - City/Town
- Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Location of detention - Facility
- Taloja Central Prison, Maharashtra
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 19.077444647726505
Longitude: 73.06927607089936
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Jun 6, 2018
- Current Status
- Released on bail
- Date of release
- Sep 1, 2025
- Charge(s)
- Anti-government propaganda
- Creating disturbances
- Damage to public property
- Sentence
Charge
UAPA Sections 13, 16, 17, 18, 18B, 20, 38, 39, and 40; IPC Sections 120B, 115, 121, 121A, 124A, 153A, and 505(1)(b).
- Recent case update / evolution
On 21 September 2023, Bombay High Court granted bail. September 2025, the Supreme Court granted medical bail.
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