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A tribunal successful Maharashtra’s Navi Mumbai has convicted 2 Bangladeshi nationals for entering and staying successful India without valid passports.
In his bid of December 11, a transcript of which was made disposable connected Tuesday (December 24, 2025), Additional Sessions Judge (Belapur) C V Marathe, however, did not judge the prosecution’s allegation of forgery of individuality documents.
During the trial, Additional Public Prosecutor Sandhya Mhatre told the tribunal that Haidar Ali Ashraf Ali (29) and Fatima Gofar Shaikh (34) were arrested successful January this twelvemonth from Koprigaon, Sector 26, for residing without immoderate valid question documents oregon ineligible permits for their enactment successful India.
Ali was besides alleged to person produced a forged Aadhaar paper during the investigation.
The tribunal said the 2 violated “Rule 5 of The Passport (Entry Into India) Rules, 1950” by residing successful India without valid papers.
While the prosecution argued that amerciable stays by overseas nationals airs “potential threats to the information and information of our nation”, the defence said the accused were “poor and illiterate” and had entered India solely for “livelihood without immoderate ill-intention”.
“It is not the prosecution lawsuit that the accused persons are progressive successful immoderate anti-social activities aft entering into India without valid passport. They person nary transgression antecedents,” the tribunal said.
The tribunal awarded a condemnation of 11 months and a good of Rs 500 to each of the convicted persons. Since the 2 had been successful custody since January 14, 2025 (a play of 10 months and 27 days), the tribunal granted a “set off” for the clip already served.
It besides directed the Navi Mumbai constabulary main to instrumentality steps for their deportation to Bangladesh done the Bangladesh Embassy.
