Nagpur: Permission of 63 years pacific rahiA convict in a case related to Maoism in Gadchiroli, will be investigated by an expert in gastroenterology, Nagpur bench Bombay High Court It has been observed that even a convict is entitled to the best medical treatment.
Rahi, who is one of the convicts in the case involving Delhi University professor Sai Baba, is serving a life sentence in Amravati Central Jail.
His daughter Shikha Rahi had filed the appeal after she received two letters late in jail stating about her debilitating health condition.
The letters, written on August 25 and August 30, could reach Shikha in Mumbai only on September 6 as she was out for work.
Incidentally, his Rahi visit to Amravati Jail was scheduled on 7 and 8 September. She reached Nagpur after meeting her father and registered a case the next day. The petition was circulated for hearing on the same day. The judges soon ordered, she told TOI.
Shikha filed an appeal seeking diagnosis by a specialist doctor as her father was suffering from complications like abdominal pain, involuntary vomiting and diarrhoea.
It was argued that Rahi was in urgent need of a gastroenterologist, despite some medical treatment being available by the jail medical officer.
The court has directed the state to submit a report on Rahi’s medical condition against his sentence during the next hearing, which is scheduled for September 12.
The order of a division bench comprising Justices Rohit Dev and Anil Pansare said, “We are certain that the State is not oblivious to the established law that even a convict is entitled to the best of medical treatment. Conviction does not undermine either the constitutional right under Article 21 or the basic human rights, one aspect of which is that the guilty get fair treatment.”
Rahi, who was arrested in September 2013 and charged under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2017.
Rahi, who is alleged to be a member of the banned CPI (Maoist), was the Uttarakhand correspondent of an English daily based in Delhi. Originally from Mumbai, he did his engineering from Banaras Hindu University (BHU).
His daughter’s petition states that the prison food, which contained excessive spices and palm oil, created complications.
He suffered from diarrhea and was twice severely dehydrated. After a long time got electricity or ORS. It is alleged that despite repeated requests from Rahi, the medical officer on duty did not examine her.
The petition said that after more than a month, instructions for a simple diet were given, due to which Rahi’s condition worsened again.
Rahi, who is one of the convicts in the case involving Delhi University professor Sai Baba, is serving a life sentence in Amravati Central Jail.
His daughter Shikha Rahi had filed the appeal after she received two letters late in jail stating about her debilitating health condition.
The letters, written on August 25 and August 30, could reach Shikha in Mumbai only on September 6 as she was out for work.
Incidentally, his Rahi visit to Amravati Jail was scheduled on 7 and 8 September. She reached Nagpur after meeting her father and registered a case the next day. The petition was circulated for hearing on the same day. The judges soon ordered, she told TOI.
Shikha filed an appeal seeking diagnosis by a specialist doctor as her father was suffering from complications like abdominal pain, involuntary vomiting and diarrhoea.
It was argued that Rahi was in urgent need of a gastroenterologist, despite some medical treatment being available by the jail medical officer.
The court has directed the state to submit a report on Rahi’s medical condition against his sentence during the next hearing, which is scheduled for September 12.
The order of a division bench comprising Justices Rohit Dev and Anil Pansare said, “We are certain that the State is not oblivious to the established law that even a convict is entitled to the best of medical treatment. Conviction does not undermine either the constitutional right under Article 21 or the basic human rights, one aspect of which is that the guilty get fair treatment.”
Rahi, who was arrested in September 2013 and charged under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2017.
Rahi, who is alleged to be a member of the banned CPI (Maoist), was the Uttarakhand correspondent of an English daily based in Delhi. Originally from Mumbai, he did his engineering from Banaras Hindu University (BHU).
His daughter’s petition states that the prison food, which contained excessive spices and palm oil, created complications.
He suffered from diarrhea and was twice severely dehydrated. After a long time got electricity or ORS. It is alleged that despite repeated requests from Rahi, the medical officer on duty did not examine her.
The petition said that after more than a month, instructions for a simple diet were given, due to which Rahi’s condition worsened again.