Reminding prosecution of Mehul Choksi, Kerala HC asks it to attend for Vijay Babu to reach
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By Express News Service
KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Thursday requested the prosecution to present a while to actor-producer Vijay Babu going through rape cost to return to India. Citing the Mehul Choksi case, Justice Gopinath P orally noticed that there are circumstances through which the accused weren’t delivered to India in time. Choksi, accused of the PNB rip-off, is abroad and is protected by that nation.
“I’m solely making an attempt to assist the prosecution by bringing him to the jurisdiction of the court docket. How can I be extra specific? There are nations which give citizenship inside 24 hours. What I suggest to do is grant him an interim bail in order that he can come right here. Otherwise, you (prosecution) will not be going to get him. Let him come right here and we are going to resolve. Then two days after he comes, we are going to hear the bail plea. He proposes to come back on Monday. You have anyway impounded his passport.
If he doesn’t return to India on May 30, his anticipatory bail software will probably be dismissed. Ultimately, the query is whether or not to listen to the plea in his presence or not,” mentioned the court docket. The prosecution argued that after fleeing, Vijay Babu is now dictating phrases to the court docket. “We are after him and even when he doesn’t return, we are going to convey him underneath the clutches of legislation. He is an individual who has fled from justice after totally understanding the registration of the crime and now he’s dictating phrases to the court docket for coming again.
This kind of observe can’t be inspired. We don’t need his mercy,” mentioned the prosecution. To this, the court docket requested, “Are we playing to the gallery or trying to ensure that the victim gets justice? If we don’t bring him here, how will she get justice? If the bail plea is dismissed, the prosecution can take him into custody, because he can’t go anywhere else.” The court docket requested the prosecution to tell its stand on this regard on Friday when the plea will probably be heard once more.
