Bombay HC Cancels Bail of Shiv Sena Corporator Accused of Assaulting Doctors

In a special sitting on Saturday, the Bombay High Court cancelled the bail granted to Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) corporator Ramesh Mhatre, who is accused of assaulting three doctors at a civic-run hospital. The court took suo motu cognisance of a magistrate's order granting bail to Mhatre and four co-accused.

The development comes after doctors across Maharashtra announced plans to abstain from work on July 22 in protest against the bail granted to the accused.

A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Gautam Ankhad held that the magistrate had failed to adequately consider the seriousness of the allegations and Mhatre's antecedents while granting bail.