Mumbai, Jan 6 : A special court here allowed Sudha Bhardwaj, an accused in the Bhima-Koregaon case, who is out on bail, to reside in the neighbouring district of Thane.

The Court of Special Judge D E Kothalikar permitted Sudha, a lawyer by profession, to reside in Thane and report to a local police station of the area twice a month.

The order was passed on an application filed by the activist last month, seeking permission to live in her friend’s house in Thane, stating that finding accommodation in Mumbai was expensive.

Bharadwaj had secured default bail from the Bombay High Court and the special court had set the bail conditions as per the HC’s order.

One of the conditions was that she must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and not leave the jurisdiction of the court at Mumbai without its permission.

Bharadwaj and several other Left-leaning activists and writers were arrested for alleged links to Maoists following the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune in December 2017.