NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday declined to enlarge E Abubacker, then chairman of the banned Popular Front of India, on medical bail due to his poor health conditions.
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A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and Rajesh Bindal found no merit and substance in his plea, saying the court has not found any ground to grant either bail or medical bail.
The court, however, granted him liberty to move the trial court for any relief.
The petitioner's counsel senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan claimed the medical report was in his favour.
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Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, appearing for the National Investigating Agency, submitted he could not be granted bail on the basis of his medical conditions.
The petitioner's counsel also sought a direction for house arrest which was opposed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta.
The Supreme Court on November 12, 2024 directed AIIMS, Delhi to conduct an examination of Abubacker to ascertain his health conditions to enable it to consider if he is eligible for bail on medical grounds.
The court had then directed that the medical report should be filled by the director after completion of the said examination within a period of 3 days thereafter.
The petitioner challenged the Delhi High Court's order passed on May 28, 2024 refusing to grant him bail.
In a strong observations, the High Court had said if an ideology appears to be motivated by ill intentions and is filled with conspiracy pertaining to terrorist activities, then following such an ideology would result in punitive measures.
The petitioner was arrested on September 22, 2022 for offences under Section 120-B & 153-A IPC and under Sections 17, 18, 18B, 20, 22, 38 & 39 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
