Court reserves order on Manes stay in prison

A Magistrate's court on Tuesday reserved its order on whether MSRTC bus driver Santosh Mane should continue to stay in Yerawada central prison or shifted Yerawada mental hospital,till Saturday.

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A Magistrate’s court on Tuesday reserved its order on whether MSRTC bus driver Santosh Mane should continue to stay in Yerawada central prison or shifted Yerawada mental hospital,till Saturday. As asked by the court,the police submitted the statements of Dr Dilip Burte,who claimed that he had provided psychiatric treatment to Mane,and his relatives who had told the police about Manes mental

illness.

Manes lawyer M K Agarwal filed an application before judicial magistrate first class Umeshchandra More requesting to summon Dr Burte to court to testify about Manes alleged mental illness and to keep the original case papers including his brain scan,reports of various tests conducted in the courts custody,so that they are not tampered with. The court has called for the prosecutions say on this application.

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