High Court Grants Jailed Gangster Abu Salem Time To Support Illegal Detention Claim
NDTV
The High Court was hearing a plea by Abu Salem -- serving a life sentence for his role in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case -- as he sought to declare his detention in India as illegal, and that he be repatriated to Portugal.
The Delhi High Court Tuesday granted time to extradited gangster Abu Salem, serving life imprisonment for his role in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, to file documents in support of his habeas corpus petition claiming that his detention was illegal.
A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Anup Jairam Bhambhani said Salem counsel should place on record the electronic copy of the judgement on which he was relying upon to show that his habeas corpus petition was maintainable.
The bench listed the matter for further hearing on March 14 and also allowed advocate S Hariharan, representing Salem, to file brief written submissions.
A habeas corpus petition is filed seeking direction to produce a person who is missing or illegally detained.
