Case brief
What is this about?
BAIL APPLN. 634/2025, High Court of Delhi at New Delhi, decided 13.02.2025 by Justice Jasmeet Singh. Petitioner Rustam sought one week's interim bail on the ground that his mother required cataract surgery; allegations against him included monitoring the commission of the crime and recovery of bullets for the weapon used. The learned APP, on the IO's instructions, stated the surgery was day-care requiring no special arrangements and the mother had her husband and younger son to look after her; the application was dismissed. Keywords: interim bail, medical grounds, cataract surgery, day-care surgery, humanitarian bail, custody care, Delhi High Court, bail dismissed.
What did the court decide?
The interim bail application is dismissed: the court is not inclined to entertain it, taking into account the State's submissions (per the learned APP on the IO's instructions) that the cataract surgery is a day-care procedure requiring no special arrangements and that the petitioner's mother has her husband and younger son to care for her.