IMPHAL: Irom Chanu Sharmila who has been fasting for the last 12 years demanding revocation of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 from Manipur was present in the court of Judicial Magistrate (1st class), Imphal East on Tuesday.
On the sidelines of the production, Sharmila sought permission from Judge Y Lother saying she wanted to interact with media persons outside the court but the Judge refused the request.
Although the Magistrate first told his officials to collect a list of the journalists to whom Sharmila wanted to speak to, he later declined it.
Irked by the act of the Judge, the hunger striker went out of the court room without giving her signature for her attendance.
However, the court further notified her to reappear in the court on October 20.
During the production, Sharmila was accompanied by several human rights activists and other leaders of different civil societies in the state.
Meanwhile, the Superintendent of Police, Manipur Central Jail has requested the state Health Department to furnish the present health status report and fitness certificate of Sharmila besides the required medical staff for production of the hunger striker before the Ld. Metropolitan Magistrate, Patiala House Court, New Delhi.
As per the Production Warrant issued by the Ld. Metropolitan Magistrate-06, Room No. 4, Main Building, Patiala House Court, New Delhi, Sharmila is to be produced before the court on October 17 at 10 am.
The hunger striker is presently under Ryles Tube feeding and requires medical attention round the clock.
As such, her present health status report and fitness certificate along with the required medical staff to accompany her for travel to Delhi needs to be obtained from the state Health Department.
Sharmila is currently hospitalized at Special Ward of Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) here. (NNN)