Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Court rejects discharge plea of brothers accused of assaulting doctors at hospital

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Sufficient material to show applicants used criminal force to deter public servants from performing duties, says prosecution

The police, represented by additional public prosecutor Pankaj Chavhan, opposed the plea, asserting that sufficient material existed to show the applicants used criminal force to deter public servants from performing their duties. In his conclusion, Judge Dige made a reference to Section 227 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), which allows for discharge of an accused only when there is "not sufficient ground" for proceeding. The judge directed that charges against the duo be framed at the next hearing of the case.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: `Applicants didn`t have motive to commit crime`

Defence lawyer Taufik Ansari argued that the applicants were at the hospital for the treatment of their father and did not have a motive to commit a crime. The brothers were innocent and their alleged unruly conduct could not be corroborated by statements of eyewitnesses, Ansari told the court during hearing on the discharge petition.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Brothers slapped doctor, tore his shirt after father’s death

The accused duo allegedly confronted the medical staff, slapped Dr Dhadse and tore his shirt after the death of their father. A second doctor was allegedly pushed when she attempted to intervene, the prosecution said.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: FIR lodged in 2021 on doctor`s complaint 

The case stemmed from an FIR lodged on June 26, 2021, on a police complaint by Dr Rahul Dhadse, medical officer at a hospital in Mumbai`s Sion area. According to the prosecution, the father of Gupta brothers was admitted to the hospital`s emergency ward, where Dr Dhadse was on duty at the time, but died during treatment.