The Bombay High Court on Saturday stayed the bail granted to Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre who was arrested for allegedly assaulting doctors and staff at a civic hospital in Maharashtra’s Dombivli, Live Law reported.

The court directed him to surrender to the police by 5 pm on Sunday.

A bench of Acting Chief Justice Ravindra V Ghuge and Justice Gautam Ankhad took suo motu cognisance of reports about the July 6 assault on doctors at Shastri Nagar Hospital and the trial court’s decision to grant bail.

The High Court also stayed the bail granted to four others accused in the case.

“In the event he doesn’t surrender or isn’t reachable, the authorities will be at liberty to follow the due procedure for initiating steps for attaching his immovable properties,” Live Law quoted the bench as saying.

The High Court also appealed to doctors working in municipal and state government hospitals, as well as the Indian Medical Association, to reconsider their proposed strike “in the larger interest of society and service to mankind”, The Indian Express reported. The strike is planned to begin on Monday.

The case relates to Mhatre and his associates allegedly assaulting doctors at the hospital on July 6 after the family of a pregnant woman was asked to transfer her to another medical centre because there were no beds...

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