SRINAGAR : The Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has refused bail to a retired superintendent of police, Sheikh Mehmood alias Modi, accused in the murder of Sikh youth Avtar Singh during a land dispute in Jammu last year, ruling that his health condition does not warrant release on medical grounds. Follow Us On G -N e w s | Whatsapp

Justice Sanjay Dhar, in a common judgment delivered on November 4, dismissed Mehmood’s plea, observing that “continuous medication and close follow-up” can be ensured even while he remains in jail. The order also disposed of three other bail applications, six criminal revision petitions, and one petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNSS).

Mehmood, who retired as a senior police officer, was arrested in March 202

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