In the Elgar Parishad case, jailed lawyer Sudha Bhardwaj has been granted default bail by the Bombay high court, nearly three-and-a-half years after she was sent to jail and after several bail applications were rejected. However, the court rejected the bail applications of eight other accused.The Wire‘s Sumedha Pal discusses the Elgar Parishad case and asks if the process of proving one’s innocence has turned into punishment.