HC tells NIA to file affidavit on Sachin Waze’s house custody plea

Sachin Waze

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to file an affidavit in response to a plea filed by dismissed policeman Sachin Waze, arrested in the Antilia bomb scare and businessman Mansukh Hiran murder cases, seeking to be placed under house custody.

Waze was arrested by the NIA in March and was later sent to judicial custody. Last month, a sessions court allowed Waze to undergo bypass surgery at a private hospital. Waze then sought permission from the special NIA court to be placed under house arrest so that he could recuperate. The sacked officer said he was vulnerable to infection if he is asked to stay in jail.

The special NIA court had last month rejected the request following which he approached the high court earlier this week. On Wednesday, Waze's plea came up before a division bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and Sarang Kotwal.

Waze's advocates Sudeep Pasbola and Rounak Naik told the court that the ex-cop has been discharged from the hospital and shifted to the Taloja prison. They added that the prison hospital was in poor condition and not well-equipped. The bench then directed the NIA to file an affidavit in a week. In his plea, Waze said that if house arrest permission is granted, he would be put in a separate room at his home where complete seclusion would be maintained.

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