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  "id": 4825180,
  "title": "No trial for Mumbai’s ‘miracle doctor’? Court case halted over Munir Khan’s health",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/no-trial-for-mumbais-miracle-doctor-court-case-halted-over-munir",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T08:58:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-miracle-doctor-body-revival-munir-khan-court-case-halted-health-10858629/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai's renowned 'miracle doctor,' Munir Khan, faced a halt in his trial due to his declining health. The court decided not to proceed with the trial against Khan for advertising and prescribing a medicine called \"body revival\" as a guaranteed cure for various diseases, including cancer. Khan, in his 70s, was being represented by video-conferencing at the time of the hearing. The court found that Khan was not in a suitable position to attend the trial due to his precarious health.\n\nThe case had originated in 2009 when Versova Police registered a complaint against Munir Khan, claiming he was prescribing 'Body Revival' medicine for cancer, diabetes, and other ailments. He had also been seen in commercials alongside various film and television stars promoting the product. In 2008, the food safety regulator had expressed concerns about Khan, stating that he lacked a medical degree and was mixing Ayurvedic herbs with honey to sell them as a costly remedy.\n\nComplaints about Khan's products leading to worsening health conditions reached over 100 people, with one complainant alleging that his wife lost her eyesight after using one of Khan's medicines as eyedrops. Khan's defense in 2025 denied any wrongdoing, stating that he was merely a businessman manufacturing Ayurvedic substances through his firm. However, his discharge plea was rejected by the court, which deemed the allegations a serious offense of falsely claiming to invent medicine and causing wrongful loss to the public based on fake degree certificates. Khan's appeal against this order is currently pending before the Bombay High Court.\n\nIn December 2025, the court rejected Khan's discharge plea in the Mumbai Police case. The court noted Khan's health condition as 'very old and in a precarious condition.' Special Judge SV Sahare stated that the trial could not proceed against Khan, accused number 1, due to his medical and physical condition. The court proceeded to frame charges against three of his co-accused, instructing them to be present for the framing of charges on September 11.",
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