{"id":38166,"date":"2015-06-26T11:57:21","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T11:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=38166"},"modified":"2015-06-26T11:57:21","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T11:57:21","slug":"hc-favours-granting-bail-to-jailed-professor-on-health-grounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-favours-granting-bail-to-jailed-professor-on-health-grounds","title":{"rendered":"HC favours granting bail to jailed professor on health grounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37785\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37785\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Bombay-High-court.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37785\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-gives-bail-to-retired-cop-in-harassment-case\/bombay-high-court-16\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Bombay-High-court.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bombay High court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Bombay-High-court.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Bombay-High-court.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-37785 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Bombay-High-court.jpg?resize=259%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"HC favours granting bail to jailed professor on health grounds\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HC favours granting bail to jailed professor on health grounds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Bombay High Court today said it was inclined to grant bail to former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba, arrested for alleged Maoist links, on humanitarian grounds and his medical condition.<\/p>\n<p>A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice A K Menon had taken suo moto (on its own) cognizance of a letter written by activist Purnima Upadhyay highlighting the deteriorating health condition of Saibaba in the Nagpur jail where he is held since his arrest last year.<\/p>\n<p>The Court was informed that the sessions court and even the High Court had earlier rejected Saibaba&#8217;s bail conditions which was filed on grounds of merit.<\/p>\n<p>The Court today observed that while earlier the professor&#8217;s bail was rejected on merit this time bail should be granted considering his health.<\/p>\n<p>The Court directed the state government to file their reply by June 30 when it will hear the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Saibaba, who is 90 per cent handicapped due to ailments related to neurology and is wheel-chair bound, was on High Court directions earlier taken to Nagpur&#8217;s Neuron hospital for a check-up.<\/p>\n<p>The High Court had earlier this week directed jail authorities to admit Saibaba to any private hospital of his choice for treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bombay High Court today said it was inclined to grant bail to former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba, arrested for alleged Maoist links, on humanitarian grounds and his medical condition. 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