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A Mumbai tribunal has ordered the metropolis constabulary to instrumentality indispensable steps to repatriate alleged gangster Kumar Pillai to his location country, Hong Kong, noting that helium has been acquitted successful each cases for which helium was primitively extradited.
A Supreme Court ruling has made it wide that successful the lack of support from the extraditing country, the applicant cannot beryllium tried successful India for immoderate different pending cases, Special MCOCA Court Judge Satyanarayan R. Navander said successful the bid passed connected February 13.
"Consequently, the prosecution is near with nary enactment but to instrumentality steps to repatriate the applicant (Mr. Pillai) to his location country, namely Hong Kong," the Judge said.
There is nary worldly connected grounds to suggest that the prosecution has sought support from the Hong Kong authorities to effort Mr. Pillai successful the different pending cases, the tribunal noted.
Mr. Pillai, primitively an Indian citizen, migrated to Hong Kong and acquired citizenship there. He was arrested successful Singapore successful 2016 pursuing a 2012 Red Corner Notice and booked nether the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
India had sought his extradition from a competent tribunal successful Singapore for six pending cases against him. However, Mr. Pillai's extradition was permitted for the intent of proceedings successful 3 cases.
All those cases person since been disposed of and the applicant has been acquitted, the tribunal bid noted.
Mr. Pillai's lawyer, Pankaj Kavale, contended that the intent of extradition present stands exhausted. He submitted that the applicant is not a national of India, and therefore, his continued enactment successful the state cannot beryllium said to beryllium lawful.
He is required to beryllium repatriated to Hong Kong, successful presumption of Section 21 of the Extradition Act, helium added.
The prosecution opposed the plea, saying cases are pending against the applicant and proceedings therein are yet to beryllium concluded.
The court, however, noted that extradition was lone for 3 cases and helium has been acquitted successful those matters.
The Judge pointed retired that nary entreaty has been preferred (by the prosecution) against immoderate of those judgments.
Further, the tribunal underlined that determination is nary worldly connected grounds to bespeak that the prosecution has approached the authorities successful Hong Kong for support to effort Mr. Pillai successful different pending cases.
"Therefore, successful presumption of the extradition pact and the settled presumption of law, the applicant cannot beryllium enactment to proceedings for immoderate different offence unless specified support is obtained," the tribunal held.
It further directed the Mumbai constabulary commissioner to instrumentality indispensable steps for Mr. Pillai's repatriation.
