Mahima
A district court in Mohali turned down gangster Mukhtar Ansari’s plea for setting up a medical board for his medical examination.
The court directed the jail superintendent to comply with Supreme Court’s order which ordered the transfer of Ansari from Ropar Jail in Punjab Banda Jail in Uttar Pradesh.
The apex court, in its verdict, invoked its powers under Article 142 of the Indian Constitution to ensure ‘complete justice’.
Judicial Magistrate First Class Amit Bakshi rejected Ansari’s plea mentioning that there is no reason to believe that the accused is facing any new medical complication.
Advocate Raj Sumer Sing, representing Ansari, sought directions to the jail authorities for getting the UP legislator examined by a medical board for ‘acute ailments and medical distress’ in this plea. It was further submitted that Ansari has a severe chest pain ever since he suffered a ‘medical emergency’ previous year.
The counsel for Ansari also submitted that he has suffered two major heart attacks and in absence of proper medical assistance, his incarceration in UP jail may be fatal.
The Mohali court observed, “Once the apex court has already considered the plea of the accused regarding his medical condition, and there is nothing on record which could suggest that after passing of the order on March 26, there has been any fresh medical issues with the accused, no separate order to constitute a board for treatment of accused is required to be passed. No reply on behalf of jail superintendent would be required, as the jail superintendent
is duty bound as per law to provide appropriate medical facility to the accused as per his medical condition (if any), as per the jail manual and also to comply with the order of March 26”.
Ansari is the BSP MLA from Mau constituency and has been allegedly involved in numerous cases of attempt to murder, cheating, murder, conspiracy, extortion along with the offences under Gangsters Act, filed in UP.