The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted temporary bail of three months to Jagdish Mookhey, an accused in the Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative PMC Bank fraud case. A sessions court had rejected 75-year-old Mookhey-s bail plea last month after the prosecution argued that it had established a prima facie case against him and his co-accused. Mookhey then moved the HC seeking bail on health grounds.

His lawyer, Yusuf Iqbal Yusuf, told the HC the accused needs to undergo an "epigastric hernia surgery" and submitted his medical reports following which Justice Bharati Dangre granted bail to Mookhey for three months. "He has various medical complications, including the said surgery, and a spinal refiguration. The court granted him temporary medical bail for three months after which he will need to surrender again," advocate Yusuf said.