PUNE: A special court in Pune on Sunday granted a 90-day extension to the Pune police for filing a chargesheet against the five activists who were arrested on June 6 as part of the probe into the Elgar Parishad held a day before the January 1 clashes in Koregaon Bhima , about 30km from Pune.The Pune police had arrested activists Sudhir Dhawale (from Mumbai), Rona Wilson (from Delhi), lawyer Surendra Gadling, former PMRD fellow Mahesh Raut and academician Soma Sen (all from Nagpur) during simultaneous raids on June 6 in relation to the Elgar Parishad probe.On August 31, the prosecution filed an application in the special court under Section 43 of the Unlawful Activists (Prevention) Act (UAPA) seeking an extension of time to file a chargesheet against these five activists. It stated that the initial 90 days time was not sufficient to complete "an extensive probe into the larger conspiracy by the banned CPI (Maoist) outfit and the activists, to destabilize and overthrow democratically-elected governments by creating law and order situation through events such as the Elgar Parishad." The first 90-day period is to lapse on September 3, the plea stated. This had prompted the court to hear the matter on Sunday.Special judge (UAPA) K D Vadane also rejected two pleas by lawyers Siddhartha Patil and Rohan Nahar, representing the activists, seeking an adjournment of hearing over the plea for extension of time to file the chargesheet and, also, for time to enable them to challenge the rejection of their adjournment plea.Both Patil and Nahar, had argued that the first 90-day period ought to be calculated from the day when the activists were produced before the court (on June 7) and not from the day of their arrests. As such, the court still had two days, till September 4, to take a final call on the prosecution's plea. They argued that the activist-accused were served notices relating to the prosecution plea on September 1 and that, they had no time to confer with their lawyers or there was no time for the latter to take instructions from the activists. The court, however, dismissed these arguments."I am not inclined to give further time to challenge (rejection of adjournment plea)," judge Vadane told the defence lawyers when they moved the pleas after district government pleader Ujjwala Pawar concluded her arguments for extension of time to file the chargesheet and investigating officer Shivaji Pawar gave a summary of the probe done so far to justify the extension."You can challenge (on your own) but, I am not giving any adjournment," Vadane told the defence lawyers and asked whether they wanted to argue the matter or he shall start dictating his orders. Both, Patil and Nahar, said no to making their submissions following which the judge passed his order.The court will now hear on Monday an application by Surendra Gadling, one of the arrested activists, seeking provision of law books and certain study material in jail and will hear on September 6 the bail pleas of Gadling and another activist, Soma Sen.It is the police's case that Dhawale, Wilson, Gadling, Raut, and Sen are linked with the banned CPI (Maoist) leaders as well as the five activists subsequently arrested on August 28. The police claim that the activists were acting under Maoist instructions for executing a larger conspiracy to create widespread social unrest, law and order disturbance and overthrow the democratically elected government. The Elgar Parishad was organised as part of the `Koregaon Bhima Prerna Abhiyaan', a campaign to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the battle between the British and the Peshwas at Koregaon Bhima, and was "the first step towards execution the Maoist conspiracy", the police claim.