2018 Elgar Parishad case: Varavara Rao gets time till December 2 to surrender

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Thursday extended till December 2, the time for

P Varavara Rao

, an accused in the

2018 Elgar Parishad case

, to surrender and return to prison, following a six-month interim medical bail. But the HC also posted the hearing to November 29 his plea to extend the bail by four months on grounds of deteriorating health.

Senior counsel Anand Grover submitted before a bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar

and

Sarang Kotwal

an affidavit which said that Rao was hospitalised between November 6 and 16 for some medical procedures and sought an extension of his bail. The bench asked him to file a substantive petition fresh for such an extension by November 29 when it would be heard.

National Investigation Agency counsel Sandesh Patil said Rao may be first examined at JJ hospital.

The bench noted that Rao was earlier in Nanavati hospital, a private hospital, on court orders and examined there. It directed that he be examined again by at Nanavati.