Caution in jail medical certificates where later specialist review does not confirm urgent surgery or admission

A jail medical report used to support interim bail was treated with caution because it referred to multiple ailments and a deteriorated surgical issue, but later AIIMS material showed specialist examination, follow-up advice, and investigations without any departmental recommendation for admission or urgent surgery. The note emphasises that such certificates may be misused to obtain favourable orders and should be issued carefully, particularly where later medical material does not confirm an urgent surgical need. On that basis, the Enforcement Directorate's application was disposed of.

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Issues: Whether the jail medical report dated 15.08.2020, relied upon for interim bail, disclosed an urgent surgical need warranting concern about its reliability and whether any further relief was required on the Enforcement Directorate's application.

Analysis: The medical report from the jail hospital stated that the inmate suffered from multiple ailments and that his surgical issue had deteriorated, suggesting the need to be worked up at a higher referral centre. The later AIIMS material, however, indicated that the inmate was examined by specialists, was advised follow-up and investigations, and no departmental recommendation for admission or urgent surgery was made. On that basis, the report from the jail hospital was treated as one that could be misused to secure favourable orders, and caution was called for in issuing such certificates.

Conclusion: The medical report was treated as requiring caution, and the Enforcement Directorate's application was disposed of.

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