A special court in Mumbai on Friday set a date after 20 days to hear a request from human rights activist Stan Swamy requesting permission to use a straw and straw at Taloja Central Jail, as he cannot hold a glass due to Parkinson’s disease. reported The Hindu.
The prosecution requested 20 days to submit a response to the request made by Swamy, who is a defendant in the Bhima Koregaon case and is currently in the prison hospital. The matter will now be known on November 26, according to The Hindu.
Swamy’s guilty plea was filed on medical grounds citing that, in addition to Parkinson’s disease, he also suffers from hearing impairment, has landed in jail multiple times, has had hernia surgery twice and still has pain in the lower abdomen. Due to her Parkinson’s disease, she has found it difficult to hold a cup, her attorney told the court. Mumbai mirror reported.
On 23 October, a special court of the National Investigation Agency had denied Swamy’s declaration of provisional release on health grounds. Citing that order, the court observed Friday that it cannot be said that “the medical treatment provided to the plaintiff in prison is not sufficient.”
“On the contrary, the plaintiff had submitted a request to instruct the prison authorities to provide him with the necessary accommodations,” the court observed, according to The Hindu.
The court also mentioned the assertion of the superintendent of Taloja Central jail that Swamy has been housed “in a separate cell in the hospital / dispensary section” and that he does not suffer from any illness “for which treatment is not available at the prison”.
The 83-year-old Jesuit priest was arrested by the National Investigation Agency in Ranchi on October 8 and taken to Mumbai the next day. The agency had alleged that Swamy is a member of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) and was involved in a conspiracy to instigate caste violence in the village of Bhima Koregaon, near Pune, in 2018. He has been in judicial custody since October 9th.
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