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SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J.

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 petitioner's daughter Ms. 'X' (name redacted), who is suffering from Paranoid Schizophrenia and has shown serious suicidal tendencies in the past about 10 days.

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 petitioner's 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 kept under strict medical supervision. It is stated that after the first attempt, she had tried to commit suicide again on two different occasions, and upon further examination, it had emerged that she was also suffering from Acute Stress reaction (ASR), which is a serious psychiatric disorder. It is further stated that regular consultations and follow up was done with doctors, who had advised that petitioner's daughter should be kept under strict vigilance as there was a risk of self-harm. Further, it was also observed by the doctors that the same is on account of the petitioner's incarceration, thus therapy sessions were advised. It is submitted that the daughter of the petitioner had tried to commit suicide again on 23.03.2023 after which she was rushed to Medharbour Hospital, Gurugram, Haryana where she was diagnosed with Staggered Paracetamol Ingestion and Paranoid Schizophrenia F20. It is stated that in view of such mental condition of the petitioner's daughter, the petitioner was granted interim bail by the learned Trial Court.

9. In a nutshell, the main ground for filing the present application by the petitioner is that the daughter of the petitioner is suffering from Paranoid Schizophrenia and has shown serious suicidal tendencies in past few days.

10. At the outset, this Court notes that the petitioner herein has remained on interim bail for a period of 72 days i.e. from 31.01.2023 to 12.04.2023. The interim bail granted on 31.01.2023 was extended on several occasions by the learned Trial Court on similar grounds of medical condition of the petitioner's daughter. It was also recorded in order dated 28.03.2023 that the counsels for the accused therein had submitted before the learned Trial Court that the accused needs further period of around 10-15 days so that some specialist doctor in the field of psychiatry may be consulted for his daughter's treatment and it was also stated at Bar that accused shall not seek any further extension of interim bail on such grounds.

11. This Court has gone through the recent medical documents pertaining to the daughter of petitioner and notes that in medical prescription dated 26.10.2023 of V-Medica Clinic and Diagnostic, Gurugram, Haryana, the concerned doctors have diagnosed her with anxiety, sleep disturbance, etc. and have advised supportive sessions, strict vigilance and counselling by mother. Furthermore, this Court has also considered the report of DDU Hospital, New Delhi whereby the daughter of petitioner has been diagnosed with Paranoid Schizophrenia and with psychiatric symptoms. However, the doctors concerned have prescribed several medications to the daughter of petitioner and have advised mandatory supervision as well as close vigilance by family members, preferably by parents. The complete medical record, however, has not been reproduced in this order keeping in mind the valuable right of privacy of the child.