Elgar Parishad case: NIA opposes activist Shoma Kanti Sen's medical bail plea in SC
NIA Thursday strongly opposed Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case accused Shoma Kanti Sen's plea seeking interim bail on health grounds, saying she was suffering from general ailments and there was nothing special about it. Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj, appearing for NIA, told a bench of Justice Aniruddha Bose and Justice Augustine George Masih that a medical board can be constituted to verify Sen's medical condition and there is nothing which requires immediate treatment.
«The medical report shows that these are general ailments and there is nothing special about it.
If required, we will constitute a medical board to ascertain her health condition,» Nataraj said after the bench expressed inclination to grant medical bail.
Senior advocate Anand Grover, appearing for Sen, said she has been in jail for over five years and suffering from various ailments.
The additional solicitor general vehemently opposed any relief to Sen and said he was ready to argue the main matter relating to bail.
The top court then said it will hear the matter on December 6.
The apex court had earlier sought responses from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Maharashtra on an application by Sen seeking interim bail on health grounds.
Sen, an English literature professor and women's rights activist, was arrested on June 6, 2018, in connection with the case.
