Police must arrest a group of 27 Hyderabad Civil Hospital doctors and administrative officers and bring them before a local court on October 27, reports say. A court has issued non-bailable warrants because the accused did not attend the hearing. The case is about Hasnain Aamir, who was 17 and was being treated for dengue at Civil Hospital Hyderabad when he died last year.
What the court ordered
Non-bailable warrants mean the people named cannot treat bail as an automatic right. They have to be produced in court. The order covers 27 people: doctors and administrative officers of the hospital. This account does not list them one by one, so the names of the Hyderabad Civil Hospital doctors and officers on the warrants are not given here.
The court acted after the accused failed to appear. It has not, on the facts reported so far, recorded a final decision on whether anyone is guilty. Police are to make the arrests and have the group in court on October 27.
How the dengue case reached this point
Hasnain Aamir's father, Aamir Latif, went to court and asked for a criminal case. He said the hospital administration had been negligent and careless while treating his son for dengue. A case was later registered at Market Police Station on that complaint.
Police registered the case against the hospital's doctors under Section 302. That section deals with punishment for murder, so the complaint is being treated as a criminal case about the death. Reports do not say the court has accepted the allegation as proved. The dengue death case is still at the stage of getting the accused to attend.
Timeline: what has happened so far
- Last year: Seventeen-year-old Hasnain Aamir died while receiving dengue treatment at Civil Hospital Hyderabad.
- Last year: His father, Aamir Latif, told the court the hospital administration had treated his son carelessly and sought a case. Market Police Station registered one against the doctors under Section 302, which deals with punishment for murder.
- Thursday: Reports said a local court issued non-bailable arrest warrants for 27 doctors and administrative officers after they failed to appear, and directed police to arrest them.
- October 27: Police are to produce the accused at the next hearing.
Aasan alfaaz mein
Hyderabad ke Civil Hospital ke 27 doctors aur officers ke khilaf non-bailable giraftari ke warrants jari ho gaye hain. Unhein agali peshi, 27 October, ko adalat mein laya jaye ga, kyunke wo pehle pesh nahi hue. Mamla pichle saal 17 saal ke Hasnain Aamir ki dengue ke dauran maut ka hai. Walid Aamir Latif ke ilzam par Market Police Station mein Section 302, yani qatl ki dafa, ke tehat case darj hai.
