Cash-votes: Amar Singh gets bail on medical grounds

October 24, 2011 12:09

Just in: Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh, an accused in the cash-for-votes scam, has been granted bail. Amar Singh's lawyer argued that his medical condition required constant monitoring and had to live in hygenic conditions, which is not possible in Tihar jail. Amar Singh is hospitalised at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He has been granted bail on a surety of Rs 1 crore, and his passport has been withheld.

However, the court has granted conditional bail -- he will not be allowed to leave the country to visit his doctor in Singapore where the MP had undergone renal transplant.

He has been suffering from UTI, increase serum creatinine, vitamin B12 deficiency and increased TSH. His medical report by AIIMS had said that he had developed severe abdominal pain and was prone to infection as he had undergone renal transplant.

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