Bail cancelled for corporator Ramesh Mhatre, three others in doctor assault case; sent to Adharwadi jail
Four accused, including KDMC corporator Ramesh Mhatre, were sent to Kalyan's Adharwadi jail after their bail was cancelled in the Dombivli hospital assault case.
Bail has been cancelled for four people, including corporator Ramesh Mhatre, in the case of assault on a doctor. On appearing in court, all four were sent to Adharwadi jail in Kalyan.
The case dates to July 6, 2026. A woman had come for delivery at Shastrinagar Hospital in Dombivli, which is run by the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC). A dispute arose over her treatment, and a doctor and a nurse were assaulted in the course of it.
Ramesh Mhatre is a corporator in the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation. He belongs to Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena. He came into the news over the assault on a woman doctor and medical staff at Shastrinagar Hospital. He is said to have studied up to Class 11.
Police had filed a 1,832-page chargesheet in the case. After he surrendered, Kalyan court judge Santosh Aage ordered Ramesh Mhatre and his three associates to be sent to judicial custody. Following the court's order, police took all four to Adharwadi jail in Kalyan.
Earlier, the Supreme Court had cancelled the bail granted to Ramesh Mhatre by the Bombay High Court. The court had said, "Attacks on doctors and medical staff will not be tolerated." It had ordered him to surrender before October 5.
The ruling was given by a bench of Supreme Court judges Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta. Corporator Ramesh Mhatre is said to have 19 cases registered against him already. The bench treated this as serious. The bail granted by the High Court and the trial court was held to be wrong, and the bail of Ramesh Mhatre and his associates was rejected.
The Supreme Court also said, "Such attacks cannot be carried out on the medical field and doctors. If the accused remains out on bail, it could badly affect the trial."
During the hearing on cancelling bail, the Supreme Court made no adverse remark on the High Court's direction on timelines. It also left room for the trial to be conducted swiftly.
