Elgar Parishad case: Varavara Rao's bail plea hearing adjourned; he need not surrender till Oct 14

The Bombay High Court on Friday adjourned till October 13 the hearing on a bail extension plea filed by poetactivist Varavara Rao an accused in the Elgar Parishad case and said he need not surrender before Taloja jail authorities till October 14Rao 82 was granted interim bail for six months on medical grounds by the HC on February 22 this year and was scheduled to surrender and return to judicial custody on September 5However Rao filed an application through his lawyers R Sathyanarayanan and senior counsel Anand Grover seeking extension of such bail as well as permission to stay in his hometown Hyderabad while out on bailOn Friday a bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar adjourned the hearing on his plea due to paucity of time and said Rao neednt surrender until October 14 after the NIA said it was willing to extend till that date its interim statement that no coercive action will be taken against RaoAlso read Elgar Parishad case No NIA action till HC hears Varavara Raos medical bail extension plea on Sep 6The NIA in an affidavit filed earlier this month opposed Raos plea saying the 82yearolds medical reports do not indicate that he suffers from any serious medical ailment which made it necessary for him to take treatment at Hyderabad neither did it form a ground for further extension of bailThe NIA affidavit said Taloja prison had adequate health care facilities and Rao can be provided with thebest medical facilities there At the time of being granted bail Rao was undergoing treatment at Nanavati Hospital here for multiple ailmentsAs part of the stringent conditions imposed while being given interim bail by HC Rao has been staying with his wife in a rented accommodation in the cityIn his plea seeking extension of medical bail and modification of bail conditions Rao has said that as per the doctors at Nanavati hospital he is suspected to have a neurological issue known as cluster headache that needs further examinationRao has further said in the plea that he continues to suffer from multiple ailments including urinary tract infection with recurrent hyponatremia suspicion of Parkinsons disease lacunar infarcts in six major lobes of the brain and some eye problemsHe said in his plea that if he returned to custody in the Taloja prison which was not equipped to cater to his medical problems his health would certainly deteriorate and he might dieRao who sought that his medical bail be extended for another six months in his plea said he found living in Mumbai and accessing health facilities in the city unaffordable and had urged HC to let him stay in Hyderabad while out in bailThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever