HC cancels Shinde Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre's bail in doctor's assault case
The Bombay High Court cancelled the bail granted to corporator Ramesh Mhatre and four others in the Dombivli hospital assault case. The bench cited concern over his criminal antecedents and urged doctors to reconsider their proposed strike.
The Bombay High Court on Saturday cancelled the bail granted to Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) corporator Ramesh Mhatre and four other accused in the case involving the assault on doctors and nurses at Dombivli's Shastri Nagar Hospital. The court directed Mhatre to surrender before the police by 5 pm on July 19. The next hearing in the matter is scheduled for July 22.
The High Court took suo motu cognisance of the bail granted to Mhatre and the four other accused earlier on Saturday morning. A bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Gautam Ankhad heard the matter at 3 pm and ordered the cancellation of their bail.
The bench observed that the Magistrate Court failed to properly consider Mhatre's criminal antecedents while granting him bail.
According to the High Court, Mhatre has been named in 18 criminal cases, including serious offences such as murder and attempt to murder. The judges noted that although he was acquitted in 17 of those cases, the lower court should not have ignored his involvement in several serious criminal cases while deciding his bail plea.
The High Court also took note of the decision by doctors across Maharashtra, particularly those working in government and civic hospitals, to go on strike on July 22 in protest against the assault.
After cancelling the bail, the bench appealed to the doctors to reconsider the proposed strike, keeping in mind their service to humanity and the impact it could have on patients.
The court further said, "In the event he does not surrender, or he is not reachable, the authorities will be at liberty to follow the due procedure for initiating steps for attaching his immovable property.
The Bombay High Court on Saturday cancelled the bail granted to Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) corporator Ramesh Mhatre and four other accused in the case involving the assault on doctors and nurses at Dombivli's Shastri Nagar Hospital. The court directed Mhatre to surrender before the police by 5 pm on July 19. The next hearing in the matter is scheduled for July 22.
The High Court took suo motu cognisance of the bail granted to Mhatre and the four other accused earlier on Saturday morning. A bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Gautam Ankhad heard the matter at 3 pm and ordered the cancellation of their bail.
The bench observed that the Magistrate Court failed to properly consider Mhatre's criminal antecedents while granting him bail.
According to the High Court, Mhatre has been named in 18 criminal cases, including serious offences such as murder and attempt to murder. The judges noted that although he was acquitted in 17 of those cases, the lower court should not have ignored his involvement in several serious criminal cases while deciding his bail plea.
The High Court also took note of the decision by doctors across Maharashtra, particularly those working in government and civic hospitals, to go on strike on July 22 in protest against the assault.
After cancelling the bail, the bench appealed to the doctors to reconsider the proposed strike, keeping in mind their service to humanity and the impact it could have on patients.
The court further said, "In the event he does not surrender, or he is not reachable, the authorities will be at liberty to follow the due procedure for initiating steps for attaching his immovable property.
The Bombay High Court on Saturday cancelled the bail granted to Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) corporator Ramesh Mhatre and four other accused in the case involving the assault on doctors and nurses at Dombivli's Shastri Nagar Hospital. The court directed Mhatre to surrender before the police by 5 pm on July 19. The next hearing in the matter is scheduled for July 22.
The High Court took suo motu cognisance of the bail granted to Mhatre and the four other accused earlier on Saturday morning. A bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Gautam Ankhad heard the matter at 3 pm and ordered the cancellation of their bail.
The bench observed that the Magistrate Court failed to properly consider Mhatre's criminal antecedents while granting him bail.
According to the High Court, Mhatre has been named in 18 criminal cases, including serious offences such as murder and attempt to murder. The judges noted that although he was acquitted in 17 of those cases, the lower court should not have ignored his involvement in several serious criminal cases while deciding his bail plea.
The High Court also took note of the decision by doctors across Maharashtra, particularly those working in government and civic hospitals, to go on strike on July 22 in protest against the assault.
After cancelling the bail, the bench appealed to the doctors to reconsider the proposed strike, keeping in mind their service to humanity and the impact it could have on patients.
The court further said, "In the event he does not surrender, or he is not reachable, the authorities will be at liberty to follow the due procedure for initiating steps for attaching his immovable property.
