Jaysukh Ranpariya, wished in India for homicide and several other different prison offences, contested his extradition on psychological well being grounds and alleged political persecution at a two-day listening to at a London court docket which concluded on Tuesday.
District Judge Sarah-Jane Griffiths, presiding over the extradition case at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, adjourned the listening to for closing arguments to be heard later this 12 months, in November and December.
The 41-year-old Gujarati accused, also called Jayesh Patel, is needed in India for a “pre-planned conspiracy” to rent a contract killer for Rs 3 crore for the homicide of prosecuting lawyer Kirit Joshi in April 2018. The court docket additionally heard that on the time of Ranpariya’s arrest in March 2021 in London, he was present in possession of “several fraudulent identity documents and bank cards”.
He is being held at Belmarsh Prison in south-east London and appeared in court docket for the listening to through video hyperlink, wearing denims and shirt.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), showing on behalf of the Indian authorities, countered defence claims that Ranpariya posed a suicide threat and in addition pointed to an absence of any “supporting evidence” for his declare that the costs in opposition to him have been motivated by “political persecution”.
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CPS barrister Clair Dobbin QC additionally countered the defence arguments that Indian authorities assurances associated to jail circumstances wherein Ranpariya can be held if extradited have been unreliable.
“India being a friendly state, any assurances are given in good faith. There would have to be clear and cogent breaches for me to take exception,” Judge Griffiths famous through the listening to.
Ranpariya stays in custody and can subsequent seem for a 28-day call-over listening to, additionally through video hyperlink, at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on September 6.
According to the Metropolitan Police in London, Ranpariya was arrested on March 16 final 12 months in Sutton, south London, below a world arrest warrant issued the identical day on behalf of the Indian authorities. The UK acquired a provisional extradition request from the Indian authorities for Ranpariya on fees of conspiracy to homicide relationship again to April 2018.
The Interpol had issued a Red Corner Notice in opposition to Ranpariya to alert nations to take him into custody because the Gujarat police sought to hint and arrest the fugitive as a part of its inquiries into crimes relationship again over three years.
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