The youth who had slapped Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, was on Monday ordered by a Delhi court to stay at the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS) till December 12. His prolonged stay has been ordered for additional tests by a medical board to ascertain his mental health.
The youth who had slapped Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, was on Monday ordered by a Delhi court to stay at the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS) till December 12. His prolonged stay has been ordered for additional tests by a medical board to ascertain his mental health.u00a0
Sharad Pawar
Extending the hospital stay of Harvinder Singh, who was admitted at IHBAS on December 2 as per the court's directive, metropolitan magistrate Jasjeet Kaur asked the institute's medical superintendent to authorise a doctor to produce Singh's medical report personally before her.u00a0
The court ordered Singh's additional tests after going through a preliminary report which the institute had submitted to it as per its November 30 order in response to a plea by Singh's counsel, saying he was suffering from mental illness.u00a0
The court has adjourned the hearing on Singh's bail plea for the time being and he will be produced in court on December 9, when his judicial custody expires. Seeking bail for Singh, his counsel said his client has been undergoing psychiatric treatment for four years and as per a Supreme Court order, a mentally sick person cannot be held guilty even for killing someone.
