Overview
- The sessions court is weighing an application to overturn a March 25 order that sent dismissed RPF constable Chetansinh Chaudhary to Thane Mental Hospital for an assessment on trial fitness.
- Umesa Khatoon, widow of victim Asghar Ali Abbas, argues a District Mental Health Review Board had already certified Chaudhary as stable and fit in 2025, making a fresh referral unnecessary.
- Court filings note Chaudhary underwent treatment at the Thane facility from February to July 2025 and was discharged as stable, and they claim the new process would only stall an advanced trial.
- The application says the Mental Healthcare Act was misapplied because no contested medical evidence was placed before the court, as Chaudhary’s second bail plea cited “borderline insanity” without new proof.
- Judge Pravin Chatur’s transfer after issuing the March 25 order shifted the recall plea to the judge in-charge, DG Dhoble, while prosecutors stress that charges are framed and 18 witnesses have already testified.