India, July 18 -- The Bombay High Court, in a special sitting on Saturday, stayed the magisterial order granting bail to Shiv Sena councillor Ramesh Mhatre, who was arrested for assaulting doctors and staff members at a civic hospital in Dombivali along with his associates. The court ordered Mhatre to surrender to the police on Sunday.

A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Gautam Ankhad stayed the order granting bail to Mhatre, "considering the gravity and seriousness of the issue and the perversity" noticed in the lower court order.

The court kept the order passed by the Kalyan court on July 14, which granted bail to Mhatre, in abeyance until further orders.

The bench ordered Mhatre to surrender to the Vi...