Chautala plea to extend interim bail is rejected
The Delhi high court on Friday rejected the plea of former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala for extension of interim bail on medical grounds. Saying that Chautala doesn’t require further hospitalisation, the high court asked him to surrender before Tihar jail authorities on September 17.
Referring to a report filed by a medical board at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Justice Siddharth Mridul declined to extend 78-year-old Chautala’s interim bail. “In my view, no further hospitalisation is required. I don’t see any ground for extension of his interim bail. Accordingly, the application is dismissed. However, at the submission of petitioner’s counsel, 10 days time is granted to surrender before jail authorities... The applicant is directed to surrender on September 17 before the jail authorities,” Justice Mridul said.
The court referred to the medical board’s opinion which said that, “Chautala does not need admission for his co-morbid condition (medical condition existing simultaneously but independently with another condition in a patient) and only requires a regular medical attention and follow up in the out-patient department”. The report also said these co-morbid conditions were present prior to his current hospitalisation for pacemaker implantation.
As per the report, Chautala has been undergoing rehabilitation and physiotherapy which are to be continued without hospitalisation.
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