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A tribunal successful Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, has sentenced 2 British nationals to six months’ imprisonment for illegally entering India from Nepal, officials said connected Tuesday (April 7, 2026).
Chief Judicial Magistrate Pratibha Chowdhry connected Monday (April 6) besides imposed a good of ₹50,000 connected each of the convicts.
In lawsuit of default successful outgo of the fine, they volition person to acquisition an further 3 months’ imprisonment.
The court, however, granted them bail aft pronouncement of the condemnation connected the information that they volition not permission the state during the entreaty period.
According to prosecution serviceman Nirmal Yadav, the 2 — Hassan Amman Saleem (35) and Sumitra Shakeel Olivia (61) — were arrested successful November past twelvemonth from the Indo-Nepal borderline astatine Rupaideha for entering India without valid documents.
Saleem, primitively from Gujranwala successful Pakistan, is simply a nonmigratory of Manchester, United Kingdom, and works arsenic a lecturer successful audiology astatine the De Montfort University.
Olivia, primitively from Udupi successful Karnataka, aboriginal acquired British citizenship and resides successful Gloucester, U.K. She holds a British passport arsenic good arsenic an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card.
Mr. Yadav said the 2 had travelled from the UK to Nepal successful November 2025 to enactment successful a foundation programme for hearing-impaired children astatine a aesculapian assemblage successful Nepalgunj. They were holding valid Nepal visas.
On November 15, 2025, unit of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and the Uttar Pradesh Police intercepted them during a associated checking thrust astatine the International Border arsenic they attempted to participate India.
They were recovered to beryllium without valid documents for introduction into the state and were subsequently arrested nether applicable provisions of the Immigration and Foreigners Act.
After spending immoderate clip successful jail, the duo was granted bail by the tribunal connected the information that they would not permission the country. Since then, they had been attending tribunal hearings regularly, staying mostly successful hotels successful Bahraich during the trial.
Based connected the grounds and circumstances, the tribunal recovered some accused blameworthy and awarded the sentence, observing that punishment successful cases of amerciable introduction is indispensable to guarantee compliance with the law, Mr. Yadav said.
