The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted interim bail to Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case accused Mahesh Raut on medical grounds. The order came from a bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma while hearing Raut’s petition against his incarceration despite being granted bail earlier by the Bombay High Court. Senior advocate CU Singh, appearing for Raut, submitted before the bench that his client was suffering from rheumatoid arthritis and required specialised treatment. Taking note of this, the bench observed, “The applicant is seeking interim bail on medical grounds coupled with the fact that he was actually granted bail (by Bombay High Court), we are inclined to grant medical bail for a period of six weeks.”
