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As a result, UAPA conviction rate between 2015 and 2020, on the basis of number of cases is 27.57%. But it drops to 2.8%, when calculated on the basis of arrests made.

Second, UAPA can be applied only in exceptional circumstances. The draconian law cannot be invoked for crimes that do not fall under these exceptions, however egregious they might be.

Laws like the UAPA that overtly belie this principle point only to the impotence of the justice system. In life, as in death, Stan Swamy, as a Jesuit priest was a ‘man for others’.

The petition was filed by Anil Baburao Bhele, who was issued a notice in 2020 in connection with the Elgar Parishad case.