User Login Signup Now
Username :
Password    :
Forgot Password?

Court reserves order on MCOCA charges against Salem

New Delhi, July 10

A city court Friday reserved its order on a Delhi Police plea to drop charges under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act (MCOCA) against underworld gangster Abu Salem on the ground that these violated the terms of extradition agreed with Portuguese authorities.

Salem is facing trial for making an extortion call to Delhi businessman Ashok Gupta in 2002, demanding Rs. 50 million.

Additional Sessions Judge Pinky will now pronounce the order July 22.

Delhi Police had filed an application seeking to drop charges against Salem under MCOCA on the grounds that it was against the extradition agreement under which Salem was brought from Portugal in 2005.

The Central Bureau of Investigation defended its stand as why it opted for underworld mobster Abu Salem’s extradition instead of deportation.

"The centre had tried to get Abu Salem, who was found carrying fake travel documents there, deported but the Portuguese authorities declined, making it clear that he could only and only be extradited," A.K. Vali, appearing for the CBI, submitted.

Responding to Delhi Police's argument that the CBI's extradition of Salem forced them to approach the court to drop the MCOCA charges against him, Vali sought to justify the extradition, saying Salem, who was holding a Pakistani passport, could have been deported to any country, other than India, after his arrest.

"The intention was to ensure that he should not escape our law," he said.

The then National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government had given an assurance to Portugal that after Salem's extradition, he would be tried only in nine cases and not awarded imprisonment exceeding 25 years.

Last updated on Jul 10th, 2009 at 21:06 pm IST--IANS


Possibly related news:
Enter Your Name and Email below and Post your comment
NameEmail:
Comment:
News Search

Other News Headlines

India-born doctor caused three deaths, Australian court told
Brisbane, March 22

India-born doctor Jayant Patel caused the deaths of three patients and left a man permanently impaired after he performed on him a "useless" and "careless" operation to remove his bowel, an Australian court was told.

Auto rickshaw driver electrocuted
New Delhi, March 22

A 45-year-old auto rickshaw driver was electrocuted when a high tension wire fell on his vehicle here, police said Monday.

Vivek to do a play

March 22, 2010 (Sampurn Wire):Vivek Oberoi is set to star in a musical play written by Javed Akhtar. Isha Sharvani will be playing the female lead opposite him in this play, which will open at the newly-inaugrated live entertainment theatre at Gurgaon.

A hot day in store for Delhi
New Delhi, March 22

Delhi is likely to witness a hot day Monday with the weather office predicting that the day temperature would hover around the 41 degrees Celsius mark.

Would you like to eat boyfriend's body, texts Australian woman
Melbourne, March 22

Shortly after fatally stabbing her boyfriend, an Australian woman sent a text message to another man asking him whether he would like to join in to eat the "delicate meat" because "I think he tastes good", a court was told.

Recently Commented Articles

Dyslexic student's plea to use calculator in exam rejected
Indian education reforms not withstanding India will keep on churning clerks and not thinkers....
sanjiv on 21/03/10 at 10:05 pm

Soderling slams Murray out of Indian Wells
one rank one pension scheme circular details send to my adress
d.v.chauhan on 21/03/10 at 06:08 pm

Never seen before nude scenes in the offing with LSD
I love this post, thanks for sharing it.
Bollywood Celebrities Pic on 21/03/10 at 05:50 pm

Two new IPL teams: Sahara bags Pune, Rendezvous gets Kochi
Hey...its really a great news,,,never expected that we will get a team in the near future ...
Kerala And Pune for IPL 4 on 21/03/10 at 02:18 pm

Dr. Armaan back on Dill Mill Gaye!
armaan plz plz come back in dill mill gaye i love ur couple..............plz come back
dia johnson on 21/03/10 at 01:34 pm

Latest Forum Topics

Microsoft Tech.Ed India 2010: Learn about today's cutting-edge trends.‏
[url]http://www.microsoftteched.in/[/url] THE DEFINITIVE EVENT FOR IT PROFESSIONALS WHO WANT...
20/03/10 at 11:39 am< | 1 Comment(s)

News makers of 2009
I think the news maker of 2009 is our Academy Award winner Rasool Pookkutty. Shasi Tharoor also...
17/03/10 at 02:35 pm< | 10 Comment(s)

Italian student translating a text about Kerala...still need your help!
Hello everyone, I still need your help for one thing. In the text I'm translating they're talking...
17/03/10 at 01:56 pm< | 0 Comment(s)

best linux distro
I am not a Linux guru. I have Ubuntu installed on one of my systems. It is good. What I like the...
17/03/10 at 12:11 am< | 9 Comment(s)

Help me fix ieframe dll error in
Hello Linda Try using this [url=http://www.pctools.com/registry-mechanic/]Regtool[/url] It will...
16/03/10 at 02:09 pm< | 2 Comment(s)

mohanlal fans sookshikkuka....
Sounds like you are one of them :)
12/03/10 at 01:58 pm< | 17 Comment(s)

Change 1 Letter..
Nail -> Mail Is rearranging the letters allowed?
12/03/10 at 01:21 pm< | 144 Comment(s)

5 Letters - 5 words
P R O K E R - People Read Only Kerala Entrance Results [B]Y M P N T[/B]
12/03/10 at 01:15 pm< | 106 Comment(s)