JUDGMENT

Swarana Kanta Sharma, J. -

CRL.M.A. 29691/2023

1. The present application has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) for taking additional grounds for interim bail application, i.e. CRL.M.A. 1385/2023, in view of serious medical emergency of the petitioners daughter Ms. X (name redacted), who is suffering from Paranoid Schizophrenia and has shown serious suicidal tendencies in the past about 10 days.

2. At the outset, learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner stated that he is pressing only the present application with regard to the medical condition of the petitioners daughter and is not arguing on the main interim bail application filed by petitioner on medical grounds.

3. The case of the petitioner is that his daughter, who is aged about 16 years, is suffering from serious mental health conditions which had first surfaced around December, 2022. As stated in the petition, on 27.12.2022, the petitioners daughter was admitted at Paras Hospital, Gurugram, Haryana in emergency where she was diagnosed with Paracetamol Poisoning (suicide attempt), and a Gastric Lavage was immediately conducted to manage the Paracetamol poisoning and she was k