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Supreme Court Toughens Response as Sena Corporator Drops Bail Plea
Ramesh Sukrya Mhatre is accused of helping attack doctors at a hospital in Kalyan.
The incident happened after doctors said a pregnant woman needed to move to another hospital because no NICU beds were available.
Mhatre was arrested and later received bail with strict conditions.
He asked the Supreme Court to change some of those conditions but withdrew that request.
The Maharashtra government is separately asking the court to cancel his bail.
The judges said attacks on doctors and hospital workers are very serious.
They also mentioned another recent attack on hospital staff in Palghar.
Mhatre’s lawyer said the people in the two incidents were not the same group, but the judges said the alleged attackers appeared to follow the same ideology.
Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Sukrya Mhatre withdrew his Supreme Court appeal challenging bail conditions.
Mhatre faces prosecution over the alleged assault of doctors and staff at Shastri Nagar Hospital in Kalyan.
The Supreme Court issued notice on Maharashtra’s request to cancel bail for Mhatre and three others.
The bench said people involved in attacks on hospital staff should not be allowed to roam freely.
The alleged July 6 assault followed advice to shift a pregnant woman because all NICU beds were occupied.
- Who
- Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Sukrya Mhatre, three other accused people, the Maharashtra government, and the Supreme Court bench.
- What
- Mhatre withdrew an appeal challenging bail conditions while the court considered the state’s request to cancel bail.
- Where
- The alleged assault occurred at Municipal Shastri Nagar Hospital in Dombivli, Kalyan, and the case was heard by the Supreme Court.
- When
- The Supreme Court hearing took place on Monday; the alleged Kalyan assault occurred on July 6.
- Why
- The dispute followed an alleged assault on hospital staff after doctors advised transferring a pregnant woman because all NICU beds were occupied.
State and Court View
Mhatre’s Defense
Whether bail should continue
State and Court View
The Maharashtra government is seeking cancellation of bail, and the Supreme Court said it intends to hear that request as a deterrent against attacks on hospital staff.
Mhatre’s Defense
Mhatre withdrew only his appeal against some bail conditions; his lawyer did not argue in the article that bail should be cancelled.
Connection to the Palghar incident
State and Court View
The Supreme Court said the alleged attackers in Kalyan and Palghar appeared to follow the same ideology.
Mhatre’s Defense
Mhatre’s lawyer, Mukul Rohatgi, said the people involved in the two incidents were not the same group.
Key facts
- Accused
- Ramesh Sukrya Mhatre and three others
- Alleged incident
- Doctors and hospital staff were allegedly assaulted at Shastri Nagar Hospital
- Incident date
- July 6
- Initial bail
- A sessions court granted Mhatre bail on July 14
- High Court action
- The Bombay High Court stayed the bail order on July 18 and lifted the stay on August 7
- Supreme Court action
- Mhatre withdrew his appeal, while the court issued notice on the state’s bail-cancellation plea
- Related incident
- Police booked 17 Shiv Sena workers over an alleged attack on Palghar hospital staff
Quotes
Supreme Court bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta
The Supreme Court judges hearing Mhatre’s appeal and the state’s bail-cancellation plea
“A message needs to go…not only to these people but to everyone and as a deterrent…These people do not deserve to be out at all… Such people do not deserve to roam freely on the streets even for a minute.”
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“This is their modus operandi. These people do not deserve to roam on the streets. Yesterday, again the same group of people assaulted doctors and hospital staff in Palghar.”
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