In his plea to the high court, Rehman had sought bail “for surgical intervention due to his fatal Aortic Regurgitation Condition” in which the aortic valve does not close tightly, leading to the possibility of some of the blood pumped by the heart leaking backwards, the bench had noted.
“The applicant (Rehman) is a patient of severe Aortic Regurgitation, meaning the destruction of the aortic wall and is a known pre-condition of cardiac arrest. Hence the applicant be referred to AIIMS New Delhi,” the Lucknow PMLA court had said in its order on September 23.