The Rouse Avenue Court on Wednesday dismissed the regular bail application of businessman Amit Katyal in the Land for Job money laundering case. The Court had declined to extend his interim bail. He was granted interim bail in February this year. The court had asked him to surrender before the jail authorities on May 1.
While disposing of the plea, the court had questioned the conduct of the ED recording statements of treating doctors of private hospitals. The court said, “If there are any lessons to be learned from history, it would be observed that ‘strong’ leaders, laws and agencies generally come back to bite the very citizens they vow to protect.”
The use of section 50 by the ED against the law-abiding doctors of private hospitals is a contemporary contribution to this perception. Such negation of the intended purpose of strict legislation is required to be avoided by the investigation agencies and consciously monitored by the courts.
Special CBI Judge Vishal Gogne dismissed the bail application of Amit Katyal. Earlier, the court had disposed of the plea seeking an extension of interim bail with direction to accused Amit Katyal to surrender before the Superintendent, Central Jail.
The court had further said that the doctors are also required to be aware. It was held that the medical practitioners, under the aegis of the National Medical Commission, may equally be required to be aware of the intersectionality in order that they may balance their requirements towards medical ethics with obligations to assist criminal investigations or court proceedings.
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