{
  "id": 255162,
  "title": "Doctors assault case: Bombay High Court grants bail to Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/doctors-assault-case-bombay-high-court-grants-bail-to-shiv-sena",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-07T07:32:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/maharashtra/doctors-assault-case-bombay-high-court-grants-bail-to-shiv-sena-corporator-ramesh-mhatre/article71316656.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Bombay High Court has granted bail to Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre, who is accused of assaulting doctors at a municipal hospital in Thane district. The ruling came on Friday, August 7, 2026, and also ordered the release of four other accused in the case. The court emphasized that an elected corporator is meant to serve the people and expressed concern that Mhatre's actions were an assault on the democratic process. Mhatre and the other accused were directed to remain outside Maharashtra until the chargesheet is filed, and they are prohibited from contacting witnesses or tampering with evidence. The trial court has been ordered to frame charges within a week after the chargesheet is filed, with the prosecution and defense required to refrain from seeking unreasonable adjournments. The High Court also appointed a special public prosecutor for the trial within ten days, with the police to file a chargesheet within five days of receiving reports from the State Forensic Science Laboratory. Mhatre, a corporator of the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC), had previously been granted bail on July 15 by a Thane district court, but the Bombay High Court stayed the bail on July 18, terming the magistrate court's decision as \"perverse\" and citing Mhatre's history of assault cases.",
  "summary": "The High Court also granted bail to the four other accused in the alleged assault case that had triggered a massive outrage last month",
  "key_points": [
    "Bombay High Court grants bail to Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre.",
    "Court orders release of four other accused in the assault case.",
    "Mhatre directed to stay outside Maharashtra until chargesheet is filed."
  ],
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}