Bombay HC directs govt. to shift Stan Swamy from jail to Holy Family Hospital

As per a call made by Fr. Swamy to his close associate his blood pressure was dropping and he continued to feel weak.

The Bombay High Court on Friday directed Maharashtra government to transfer Father , 84, accused in the Bhima Koregaon caste violence case to the Holy Family Hospital from Taloja Central Jail and treat him. In an urgent hearing, senior advocate Mihir Desai appearing on behalf of the Jesuit priest told a Division Bench of justices S.S. Shinde and N.R. Borkar that his condition was not improving. As per a call made by Fr. Swamy to his close associate Fr. Joseph Xavier his blood pressure was dropping and he continued to feel weak. Mr. Desai told the court that Fr. Swamy had agreed to move to a private hospital and would bear his own expenses. Additional public prosecutor J.P. Yagnik reiterated that the Taloja Central Jail hospital had all the facilities and he could easily be treated there.