SC refuses Varavara Rao's plea on bail norms
New Delhi, Sept. 20 -- The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a petition filed by Bhima Koregaon violence accused P Varavara Rao, seeking modification of his bail order which prohibits him from leaving the jurisdiction of the trial court in Mumbai.
Rao (85) had sought modification of the bail order of August 10, 2022, granted by the top court on medical grounds. Rao, in his petition, had urged the court to consider his advanced age and cited change in circumstances as his wife, who used to stay with him in Mumbai, is also aged 75 and is falling sick frequently. Further, the application stated that even Rao's health was deteriorating.
A bench of justices JK Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi said that he can manage to get treatment in Mumbai, finding no ground to entertain his application seeking permission to shift to Hyderabad. "The state will take care of your health. We are not interested to entertain the application. You may otherwise go to the same court," it said.
Senior advocate Anand Grover, appearing for Rao, had pointed out that in Hyderabad, the petitioner has many relatives who are doctors and would get free medical treatment as he is a pensioner. Grover said that Rao is currently staying in Greater Mumbai where he is incurring a monthly medical expense of Rs.76,000 while his pension is only Rs.50,000.
"He will manage with that," the bench said. Grover requested the court to withdraw the application claiming that he may prefer to press the application later.
The bench allowed the request and said, "Senior counsel Mr Grover does not wish to press this application. The same is dismissed as withdrawn."...
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