MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Monday extended till September 24, the interim medical bail it had granted to P Varavara Rao, 81, an accused in the 2018 Elgar Parishad case.
The bail granted for six months earlier had ended on September 5. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) opposed his plea for extension saying the medical reports he cited disclosed no major illness.
The NIA, in its affidavit, said, “The medical reports filed by Rao doesn’t disclose any major ailment which necessitates treatment in Hyderabad, and forms no ground for extension.” The NIA said any modification to the condition imposed would directly destroy the basis on which the court had passed its order. The HC will continue to hear the matter on September 25, due to paucity of time on Monday.
