New Delhi: Declining his bail plea for now,
the Supreme Court Wednesday directed medical examination of 2008 Bangalore
blasts accused Abdul Nasser Ma’dani to ascertain if he requires medical
supervision till his eye surgery is done.
Ordering
that Ma’dani be examined by Bangalore's Manipal Hospital in a week's time, the
apex court bench of Justice H.L. Gokhale and Justice Kurian Joseph said that
depending on the outcome of his medical examination, he will be shifted to the
hospital. Ma’dani
is diagnosed with highly fluctuating and uncontrolled diabetes which was the
cause of the rapidly deteriorating condition of his eyes.
Besides
he suffers from hypertension, stable coronary artery disease (heart disease)
and benign prostatic hypertrophy (enlargement of the prostate gland), amongst a
myriad of other illnesses. The
court said that authorities would ensure that he gets the required food both in
jail and the hospital, adding that Ma’dani's wife and other close relatives
would be allowed to visit him in the hospital.
The
court said the Karnataka government would bear the expenses of Ma’dani's
hospitalisation and treatment as he was in their custody. Earlier
appearing for Ma’dani, counsel Prashant Bhushan told the court that his client
was in custody for nearly three-and-half years. Earlier also, he was
incarcerated for nine years in the Coimbatore blast case in which he was
acquitted later.
Pleading
that Ma’dani be granted two to three months' interim bail so that he could stay
at home and get proper care, food and medical treatment, Bhushan told the court
that Ma’dani has not been convicted for any offence so far. He
said the only charge against him is that he attended a meeting where an alleged
conspiracy was hatched.
The
court was told that Ma’dani could not escape or flee as he suffers from
multiple ailments -- he is confined to a wheel chair and has one leg amputated. Bhushan
told the court that in the last hearing of the matter, the Kerala government
had said that while in Kerala, Ma’dani would be provided with security cover. However,
Bhushan's plea for an interim bail of two to three months was vehemently
opposed by senior counsel Raju Ramachandran who appeared for Karnataka
government.
Describing
Maudany as "mastermind", Ramachandran said that conspiracy and
instigation were far more serious offences. He
told the court that considering t he nature of his offence, Ma’dani has been
repeatedly denied bail. Having
directed the treatment of Ma’dani, the court directed the listing of the matter
March 26 next.
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