Advocate BF Lzafeer Ahmad appeared for the petitioner (who has challenged his conviction before the Supreme Court) and submitted that he is unable to walk properly.
He said that there were medical reports to show that the petitioner was suffering from paralysis in his legs.
However, the vacation Bench of Justices PV Sanjay Kumar and Augustine George Masih pointed out that such a condition is no excuse to evade imprisonment.
A miffed Justice Kumar orally remarked that in jail, one has to sit and not walk.
“You are saying that you are unable to walk and that is why you want extension. How can this be the reason? In jail, you have to sit and not walk,” Justice Kumar observed.
The Bench eventually made it clear that it was not inclined to interfere with a May 21 order that had granted petitioner two weeks of time to surrender.
“Once this court had said that you have to surrender in two weeks, then you have to surrender. If you cannot walk, you can be carried to jail. This is no reason to seek extension of time to surrender. You can be transported, there is no need to walk,” Justice Kumar added.
Source: Barandbench
