New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre, accused of assaulting doctors at a Thane hospital in July, on a plea challenging his release on bail, while observing that such people don’t deserve to roam the streets.
The observations came from the bench, which was hearing pleas, including the one filed by Mhatre, challenging the orders of the Bombay High Court imposing bail conditions on him. The Shiv Sena corporator was later allowed by the top court to withdraw his appeal. The matter is listed for next hearing on September 28. Later, on August 7, the high court granted bail to Mhatre and ordered that the trial be fast-tracked and completed in a time-bound manner.
The Supreme Court had earlier said the high court was “fully justified” in taking suo motu cognisance and staying the bail granted by a trial court to Mhatre and also observed that those attacking doctors do not deserve bail. On July 18, the high court had stayed the bail granted by the lower court, called the order “perverse” and asked Mhatre to surrender before the police.
The high court also granted bail to three other accused in the alleged assault case that had triggered a massive outrage. Mhatre, a corporator of the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation , had challenged the conditions imposed by the high court while granting bail.
