UP courtroom permits Abu Salem’s presence throughout arguments by his lawyer in faux passport case
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LUCKNOW: A Lucknow courtroom on Monday accepted jailed gangster Abu Salem’s request that he be current within the courtroom right here when his lawyer is submitting arguments within the faux passport case.
Special Judicial Magistrate Samraddhi Mishra issued a summons for Salem’s look on August 10.
He is at the moment lodged in Taloja jail, New Mumbai and is serving life imprisonment for his position within the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.
The order got here as Salem’s lawyer had moved an utility on August 5, stating that his shopper instructed him to not submit arguments in his absence.
In view of this, Salem needs to be summoned from Mumbai jail, added Salem’s lawyer.
The courtroom accepted the plea.
According to the CBI, Salem obtained a faux passport within the identify of Aqil Ahmad Azmi in 1993 utilizing faux paperwork.
Co-accused Pervez Alam and Samira Jumani allegedly assisted him within the conspiracy.
The CBI carried out a probe into the case and submitted a cost sheet.
Later, the courtroom took cognisance of the offences and framed expenses towards Salem on June 5, 2009.
The CBI thereafter led its witnesses.
The case is now within the argument stage.
Salem was extradited from Portugal on November 11, 2005, after a chronic authorized battle.
In June 2012, Salem was shot ans injured in Taloja Central Jail allegedly by gangster Devendra Jagtap alias JD, an accused within the homicide case of advocate Shahid Azmi who had represented a 26/11 Mumbai assault accused.
In June 2017, Salem was convicted and later awarded a life sentence for his position within the 1993 serial blast case in Mumbai.
LUCKNOW: A Lucknow courtroom on Monday accepted jailed gangster Abu Salem’s request that he be current within the courtroom right here when his lawyer is submitting arguments within the faux passport case.
Special Judicial Magistrate Samraddhi Mishra issued a summons for Salem’s look on August 10.
He is at the moment lodged in Taloja jail, New Mumbai and is serving life imprisonment for his position within the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.
The order got here as Salem’s lawyer had moved an utility on August 5, stating that his shopper instructed him to not submit arguments in his absence.
In view of this, Salem needs to be summoned from Mumbai jail, added Salem’s lawyer.
The courtroom accepted the plea.
According to the CBI, Salem obtained a faux passport within the identify of Aqil Ahmad Azmi in 1993 utilizing faux paperwork.
Co-accused Pervez Alam and Samira Jumani allegedly assisted him within the conspiracy.
The CBI carried out a probe into the case and submitted a cost sheet.
Later, the courtroom took cognisance of the offences and framed expenses towards Salem on June 5, 2009.
The CBI thereafter led its witnesses.
The case is now within the argument stage.
Salem was extradited from Portugal on November 11, 2005, after a chronic authorized battle.
In June 2012, Salem was shot ans injured in Taloja Central Jail allegedly by gangster Devendra Jagtap alias JD, an accused within the homicide case of advocate Shahid Azmi who had represented a 26/11 Mumbai assault accused.
In June 2017, Salem was convicted and later awarded a life sentence for his position within the 1993 serial blast case in Mumbai.
