India, June 17 -- A Delhi court has permitted gangster Kala Jathedi, currently lodged in Tihar Jail, to participate in a medical procedure related to in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) for conceiving a child, while remaining in judicial custody.

The order, passed by additional sessions judge Deepak Wasan on June 9, came in response to an application by Jathedi's counsel, advocate Rohit Kumar Dalal, who had sought six-hour parole to facilitate the process. The court denied interim parole but allowed the procedure to take place within the prison premises. It directed that doctors collect the required samples from Jathedi on June 14, between 6am and 7am, inside Tihar Jail.

"The applicant (Jathedi) and his wife wish to preserve their lineage by p...