India, March 28 -- Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro was discharged from a hospital in the capital on Friday to continue serving a 27-year sentence for a coup attempt at his residence in an upscale gated community.

The Supreme Court, earlier in the week, granted him the right of house imprisonment due to failing health. The measure could be revised within 90 days.

Bolsonaro left the hospital DF Star in Brasilia at around 10 am local time and headed to the Jardim Botanico neighbourhood, where he lived prior to his conviction, with his wife, Michelle Bolsonaro, and his 15-year-old daughter, Laura.

The 71-year-old was hospitalised on March 13 for pneumonia, one of several health issues he has faced since he was stabbed by a man in ...