The five activists, arrested in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence case has been directed by the the Supreme Court to be kept under house arrest, observing that dissent was the "safety valve" of democracy. The three activists, along with Sudha Bharadwaj and Gautam Navlakha, were arrested yesterday. The police were ordered to send Varavara Rao, Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira back to their residences, where they will be kept under 'house arrest' by the District and sessions judge KD Vadhane. Trade unionist and lawyer Bharadwaj is restricted to her home in Faridabad and civil liberties activist Navlakha to his Delhi residence. Late last night, Telugu poet Rao and activists Gonsalves and Ferreira were brought to Pune.