The Supreme Court today granted bail to rights activist Binayak Sen, Saying, he is not guilty of sedition. Sen had been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by a Chhattisgarh trial court for sedition and helping Naxalites to set up a network to fight the State. The apex court said it was giving no reason for granting bail to 61-year-old Sen and left it to the satisfaction of the trial court concerned to impose the conditions for his release on bail. A bench comprising Justices H S Bedi and C K Prasad passed the order on the petition moved by Sen challenging the order of Chhattisgarh High Court denying him bail. During the hearing, the bench observed that India is a democratic country and Sen may be a sympathiser of Naxalites but it did not make him guilty of sedition. Senior advocate Ram Jethmalani, appearing for Sen, submitted in his affidavit that the state has been unable to point out misconduct on his part. The bench also said that all the statements made by the state has no relevance. It said other documents and evidences produced by the state government, including his meetings with co-accused Piyush Guha 30 times in a jail and pamphlets and documents relating to Maoist activities recovered from his possession did not mean that he was involved in seditious activities. However, senior advocate U U Lalit, appearing for the state government, said that no case is made out for the bail and submitted that the activities of Sen have to be seen in a broader perspective. Home Minister P Chidambaram today expressed happiness over the Supreme Court decision to grant bail to rights activist Binayak Sen, who had been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for sedition by a Chhattisgarh court. Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Mr. Chidambaram said, he always believed that if one is not satisfied with a lower court order, one can get reprieve by approaching a higher court.Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh today said that his government respects the Supreme Court's decision of granting bail to activist Binayak Sen, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for sedition by Chhattisgarh High Court.Singh said, Supreme Court has only granted him the bail and the pending legal process will continue in High Court at Bilaspur.