Mehul Choksi has bought interim reduction from speedy repatriation to India. (FILE)
New Delhi:
The lawyer of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, who was denied bail within the Dominica excessive court docket, mentioned on Saturday that he can’t be despatched again to India until his trial is occurring in Dominica.
“Till his trial is going on in Dominica, he (Mehul Choksi) can’t be sent back to India. We’ve been given the liberty to reapply for bail after we show our roots in Dominican society. There is no res judicata in bail,” mentioned Mehul Choksi’s lawyer Vijay Aggarwal.
In a significant setback to fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi, Dominica High Court denied bail saying that he has no ties to Dominica and the court docket can not impose any situations which can guarantee it that he would not abscond.
Dominica High Court additionally identified how Choksi proposed that he’ll keep along with his brother within the resort, however that isn’t a hard and fast deal with. The court docket additionally famous that his trial has not began but.
Judge Wynante Adrien-Roberts of Dominica High Court determined to not grant bail to Mehul Choksi after the conclusion of the submissions made by each the edges.
The court docket additionally highlighted that Mehul Choksi did not provide any sturdy surety earlier than the court docket whereas he sought bail and he is a flight danger too, Antigua Newsroom reported.
Currently, Choksi has bought interim reduction from speedy repatriation to India by the Dominican court docket.
While arguing, Choksi’s Counsel cited medical grounds for bail and dismissed flight danger.
The court docket verdict comes just a few days after Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit termed Choksi as an “Indian citizen” and acknowledged that the courts will determine what occurs to the fugitive. He added that the federal government will defend the rights of Choksi as he awaits trial.
Choksi had gone lacking from Antigua on May 23 after going out for dinner and was quickly caught in Dominica. He was charged with unlawful entry by the police in Dominica after he allegedly escaped from Antigua and Barbuda in a potential try and evade extradition to India.
The 62-year-old fugitive is needed in India in reference to a Rs 13,500-crore fraud within the Punjab National Bank (PNB).
