Panaji, Oct 12 The Bombay High Court on Monday adjourned for next week the matter pertaining to seven persons who were detained in connection with the Cockroach Janta Party stir here a day earlier due absence of their medical reports from a state-run facility.
Afreen (Amreen) Shaikh, Jack Sukhija, Bupesh Bhind, Aditya Parulekar, Listan Noronha, Shamino Fernandes and Milind Rane were detained on Sunday, and released some time later on the orders of the Goa bench of the HC.
The HC had fixed the hearing on Monday after asking the detained activists to get themselves medically examined at Goa Medical College and Hospital.
On Monday, the Division Bench comprising Justices Valmiki Menezes and Amit Jamsandekar was informed that six of the seven activists got themselves examined at GMCH but the state-run facility was yet to submit their medical reports, advocate Norma Alvares, representing the activists, told reporters.
The court was served with the copy of the affidavits filed by the inspectors of Panaji and Pernem police stations and the affidavit filed by the executive magistrate of Tiswadi, she said.
The affidavits contain a long history of the past events that have occurred in relation to the CJP, she said.
The HC has asked Advocate General Devidas Pangam to expedite the matter and get the medical reports from the GMCH before next Monday, Alvares told reporters.
The police told court, through the affidavits, that the force was anticipating problems at Azad Maidan, and therefore detained the activists.
Six of the detained persons were taken to Pernem police station and one to Panaji police station, the affidavit mentioned.
They were asked if they needed treatment for their injuries, the police told court. Police claimed one of the activists sustained injuries in a fall while running towards the platform at Azad Maidan, the site of the stir.
The police said the activists refused to be taken for medical treatment, which was later administered after a 108service ambulance was called in.
The activists were detained till 7pm, after which police were informed about the petitions filed in the HC regarding the issue, the affidavit said.
