Pregnant Woman Gets Bail As Court Says Delivery In Jail Would Impact Baby

A single bench of Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke in the order passed on November 27 said even a prisoner is entitled to dignity, and delivering a child in prison may have consequences.

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has granted six months temporary bail to a pregnant woman, arrested in a drugs case, noting that delivering a child in prison atmosphere would impact both the mother and the baby.

A single bench of Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke in the order passed on November 27 said even a prisoner is entitled to dignity, and delivering a child in prison may have consequences.

The court ordered Surbhi Soni to be released on a temporary bail for six months.