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The state has a close to bring backmost offenders who are evading law, the Supreme Court said connected Wednesday (November 26, 2025) arsenic it refused to entertain a plea by a antheral seeking withdrawal of a petition made to the United Arab Emirates for his extradition.
According to authorities, 153 cases are registered against petitioner Vijay Murlidhar Udhwani, who had travelled to Dubai successful July 2022 and is alleged to beryllium progressive successful organised amerciable activities of bootlegging and different offences.
A seat of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta was proceeding a plea filed by Udhwani, against whom a reddish country announcement was besides issued, challenging an bid of the Gujarat High Court.
The precocious tribunal had dismissed his plea, which sought a absorption to the authorities to cancel the reddish country announcement issued against him and besides to retreat the extradition petition made to the United Arab Emirates for his extradition.
"There are aggregate offences... You travel back. You volition beryllium fixed a reddish carpet welcome," the Bench told the counsel appearing for the petitioner.
The counsel argued that 38 prohibition offences were registered against the petitioner, but helium does not cognize the details of adjacent 1 of them.
When helium said the petitioner had gone to Dubai successful July 2022, the Bench said that since then, helium has not travel back.
"The state has a close to bring backmost offenders who are evading the law," the Bench said.
It said the petitioner tin attack the acrophobic proceedings tribunal and use for certified copies of documents of cases lodged against him.
"It is not rocket science. There is besides a warrant of apprehension against you," the Bench said.
It referred to the records of the precocious tribunal successful the substance and said immoderate details of the cases were mentioned successful it.
When the counsel said the petitioner was not fixed the details of these FIRs, the Bench said, "You privation the FIR details to beryllium served to you connected a platter successful Dubai? You travel here. They volition supply you the details with afloat fanfare".
The counsel said the petitioner wants to travel backmost to India, but helium does not person his passport with him.
"They (authorities) volition bring you," the Bench said.
The counsel claimed that 1 of the co-accused successful the lawsuit had died successful custody, but the constabulary said it was a earthy death. He said the petitioner fears a menace to his beingness and has requested that, upon his instrumentality to India, helium beryllium kept successful custody nether CCTV surveillance.
After the seat said it was not inclined to entertain the plea, the counsel withdrew it.
Before the precocious court, the counsel appearing for the petitioner had contended that helium had thing to bash with the alleged offences and had been falsely implicated.
He had challenged the reddish country announcement and the extradition proceedings initiated against him connected the crushed that helium had not committed immoderate superior offence oregon immoderate societal transgression for which specified announcement tin beryllium issued.
The State's counsel had argued successful the precocious tribunal that the petitioner is not lone facing prohibition cases but is besides allegedly progressive successful superior offences relating to forgery, smuggling, and wealth laundering, for which the Enforcement Directorate has already taken cognisance.
"In the contiguous case, however, this tribunal has travel to the decision that nary irregularity has been noticed successful initiating the proceedings to unafraid oregon procure the beingness of the contiguous petitioner," the precocious tribunal had said, portion dismissing his plea.
