Summary:
However, counsel for the government opposed the bail on the ground that Dr Khan was in charge of the encephalitis department. Therefore, he deserved to be released on bail. Police, however, remained silent on the reason of the deaths. Further, he had been falsely implicated and allegations against him were baseless. In its chargesheet, police had described Khan as nodal officer of the AES wing where the deaths had occurred.Khan, citing an RTI reply, claimed that an order dated May 11, 2016 had appointed Dr Bhupendra Sharma, co-professor (child disease wing) as the nodal officer of AES wing..