Varavara Rao Challenges Spl Court Order Rejecting Bail On Medical Grounds Before Bombay HC
Live LawVaravara Rao, the 81-year-old poet and literary critic from Telangana, accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, challenged the order passed by a special court on June 26 rejecting temporary bail sought on medical grounds, before the Bombay High Court. Judge DE Kothalikar had for a second time, in an order dated June 26, rejected the interim bail pleas filed by Rao and co-accused. Judge DE Kothalikar had for a second time, in an order dated June 26, rejected the interim bail pleas filed by Rao and co-accused academic 61-year-old Shoma Sen on medical grounds. The petition also sought directions to the concerned authorities to send Rao for a medical check-up immediately and to send him to a private hospital at his own expense for advance check-ups.