Om Prakash Chautala (file photo)
The Delhi High Court today extended till July 10 the interim bail granted to former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, serving a 10-year jail term in teachers recruitment case.
The court extended on medical grounds the three week long interim bail granted to 79-year-old Mr Chautala on June 3 for carrying out the post-cremation rituals of his younger brother Pratap Singh, who died on June 1.
A vacation bench of justice Pratibha Rani directed Mr Chautala to surrender on July 11.
The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader's interim bail has been extended by the court on the same terms and conditions as in the June 3 order after perusing the status report submitted by Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI and after hearing arguments by advocates RK Anand and Amit Sahni on behalf of Mr Chautala.
CBI in its status report has said that Mr Chautala is admitted in the ICU of Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon and that he needs to undergo some tests on July 4 with respect to his pacemaker.
Mr Chautala had sought extension of his bail by four weeks on the ground that he is currently admitted in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon and if allowed by the doctors, he would also like to attend the remaining post-cremation rites of his brother.
The court had set Mr Chautala free on interim bail for 21 days while asking him to furnish a personal bond of rupees five lakh with two sureties of the like amount.