Patna, (Bihar Times): The Patna high court on Thursday gave relief to the doctors of the Patna Medical College Hospital in two different cases. It directed the administration not to take any coercive action against the six junior doctors against whom warrant of arrest has been issued.
The court order came after hearing the bail petition of six junior doctors and an X-ray technician, Sudhir Kumar Sharma. They were accused of assaulting the Press photographers on June 5. The rest four junior doctors were named accused in the case relating to negligence of a 77-year old patient from Buxar, who died on May 22.
Justice Shiv Kirti Singh called for the diary of the case registered against the six junior doctors with the Pirbahore police station. Justice Singh said that no coercive action should be taken against them till July 21, that is, the next day of hearing.
In another case Justice Shailesh Kumar Sinha, hearing
the case of negligence against three out of four
junior doctors, too directed that no coercive action
be taken against the doctors accused in the case. The
court called for case diary in this case too.
