Fr. Swamy files plea to allow use of straw, sipper in Taloja jail
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Father Stan Swamy, 83, on Friday filed an software earlier than the particular court docket searching for that he be allowed the use of a straw and sipper in Taloja Central Jail the place he has been lodged as he can’t maintain a glass due to Parkinson’s illness.
The prosecution has sought time 20 days to file a reply to this software and the matter will likely be heard on November 26. Father Swamy is an accused in the Bhima-Koregaon violence and is at present in the jail hospital.
He was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 8 from his residence at Ranchi and was introduced to Mumbai the subsequent day. He is a Jesuit priest and activist working with tribal individuals. The company didn’t look for his police custody and he was remanded to judicial custody from October 9.
On October 22, his medical bail was rejected by particular decide Dinesh E. Kothalikar who relied upon the instructions of the excessive powered committee constituted to launch undertrial prisoners throughout COVID 19 pandemic and mentioned, “The accused (Father Swamy) is involved in commission of offence punishable under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act cannot be said to be entitled for interim bail.”
Father Swamy’s medical plea was sought on the grounds that he has been affected by Parkinson’s illness and has virtually misplaced this listening to capacity in each his ears. He has fallen in jail a number of instances and has been operated for hernia twice and nonetheless has ache in his decrease stomach. He additionally wants to be protected against COVID-19.
The court docket, nevertheless, recorded that, “The grounds pleaded by the applicant for grant of bail does not reveal that the medical treatment provided to the applicant in prison is not sufficient. On the contrary the applicant had submitted an application for giving directions to the jail authorities to provide him the required amenities.”
The court docket additionally talked about that the Superintendent of Taloja Central had mentioned, “Since the applicant is old aged person, he has been lodged in the separate cell in the hospital/dispensary section. It does not speak even by stretch of imagination that the applicant is suffering from any illness for which the treatment is not available in the prison.”
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