Delhi High Court seeks NIA stand on jailed PFI leader's plea for medical treatment
The Hindu
A Bench headed by Justice Siddharth Mridul asked the investigating agency to file a status report and also state the opinion of a specialist authorised by AIIMS.
The Delhi High Court on November 30 sought the National Investigation Agency's (NIA) stand on a plea for medical treatment of former Popular Front of India (PFI) chairman E. Abubacker, who was arrested by the agency during a crackdown on the banned organisation.
A Bench headed by Justice Siddharth Mridul, which was hearing Abubacker's appeal against a trial court order refusing to release him on medical grounds, asked the investigating agency to file a status report and also state the opinion of a specialist authorised by AIIMS.
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The court asserted that requisite medical treatment would be provided to the accused while rejecting his submission that he should be sent to house arrest.
"We are not inclined to do that. AIIMS is a premier hospital in the country. If you are using this as a pretext for house arrest, we are not granting that. We are only concerned with his medical condition," the Bench also comprising Justice Talwant Singh said.
Advocate Adit Pujari, appearing for the petitioner, contended that Abubacker, who was suffering from cancer and Parkinson's disease, was 70 years old and in "great pain", which needed urgent medical supervision but the trial court rejected his plea.
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