HC refuses bail to convict in 2003 train blast case

His lawyer Mubin Solkar argued that Ateef’s son has to be taken to hospital regularly for blood transfusion and monitoring and that his client is the only person in the family who can tend to his son. “Ateef’s parents are old and bed-ridden, his wife is also suffering from spine problem. 

Hence, he is the only one who can take care of the son. He was on bail throughout the trial and was taken into custody only in April this year after the lower court convicted and sentenced him,” he said.

A Division Bench perused a medical report procured by the prosecution from the hospital where Ateef’s son is being treated, stating that the child needs to be taken to the hospital once every month till September.