File photo: Ajay Singh Chautala
The Delhi High Court today granted interim bail for four weeks to MLA Ajay Singh Chautala, son of former Haryana Chief Minister Om Praksah Chautala, for treatment of his cardiac ailments at a Delhi hospital.
Ajay Chautala, his 78-year-old father, who is the chief of Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), and 53 others are serving varying jail terms in a teachers' recruitment scam in the year 2000.
Mr Chautala, like his father, has been advised either to undergo the pacemaker implant surgery or other medical procedures for treatment of his cardiac disease.
"In view of the facts and circumstances of the case and considering the medical report of the appellant/applicant, the applicant's sentence shall be suspended for a period of four weeks," Justice Siddharth Mridul said while granting interim bail to the INLD MLA from Dabwali constituency of Haryana.
The court, which put several conditions on Mr Chautala, asked him to furnish a personal and two surety bonds of Rs 5 lakh each as one of the pre-conditions for his release.
It also asked him to surrender his passport with the trial court and told him not to leave the National Capital Region without prior permission.
He was also directed to get admitted at the Medanta Medicity within 24 hours of his release on bail.
Meanwhile, Justice Mridul extended the interim bail of Mr Om Prakash Chautala till August 23 and asked the Director of AIIMS to direct his medical board to file another report giving a specific answer to whether the senior Chautala needed hospitalisation for his age-related and other comorbid conditions.