A Delhi court docket on Thursday sentenced gangster Abu Salem to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment for looking to extort Rs five crore from a Delhi businessman in 2002.
Salem is already serving a existence term in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case and every other in the murder of builder Pradeep Jain.
In the newest case — a requirement of Rs five crore as protection money was made out of businessman Ashok Gupta, a resident of Greater Kailash in south Delhi, in 2002 — Salem was convicted below sections 387 (striking particular person in worry of demise or of grievous harm, with a view to dedicate extortion), 506 (legal intimidation) and 507 (legal intimidation by an anonymous verbal exchange) of the IPC.
“The convict is not entitled to get any leniency from this court docket for the aim of sentence... I award the utmost sentence of rigorous imprisonment of seven years and a tremendous of Rs 10,000,” special pass judgement on Tarun Sahrawat said in his judgment.
Before convicting Salem, the court docket famous the prosecution submission of his being a hardcore legal who had previously been all in favour of a number of cases of a similar nature. It said that he deserved a severe punishment that now not handiest could be a lesson for him however to others too.
Appearing for Salem, recommend M S Khan had denied the allegations against his shopper and contended that the trial voolated the order by which the gangster was extradited from Portugal to India.
Khan had contended that his trial was illegal as the extradition order was terminated by courts in Portugal, from the place he was delivered to India in 2005.
“He has already remained in judicial custody on this case for over 11 years,” the suggest submitted.
The prosecution suggest submitted that Salem have been all in favour of many heinous offences and remained a proclaimed offender for long. It was argued that the given nature of the crime, most punishment will have to be awarded.
(With agency inputs)
Salem is already serving a existence term in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case and every other in the murder of builder Pradeep Jain.
In the newest case — a requirement of Rs five crore as protection money was made out of businessman Ashok Gupta, a resident of Greater Kailash in south Delhi, in 2002 — Salem was convicted below sections 387 (striking particular person in worry of demise or of grievous harm, with a view to dedicate extortion), 506 (legal intimidation) and 507 (legal intimidation by an anonymous verbal exchange) of the IPC.
“The convict is not entitled to get any leniency from this court docket for the aim of sentence... I award the utmost sentence of rigorous imprisonment of seven years and a tremendous of Rs 10,000,” special pass judgement on Tarun Sahrawat said in his judgment.
Before convicting Salem, the court docket famous the prosecution submission of his being a hardcore legal who had previously been all in favour of a number of cases of a similar nature. It said that he deserved a severe punishment that now not handiest could be a lesson for him however to others too.
Appearing for Salem, recommend M S Khan had denied the allegations against his shopper and contended that the trial voolated the order by which the gangster was extradited from Portugal to India.
Khan had contended that his trial was illegal as the extradition order was terminated by courts in Portugal, from the place he was delivered to India in 2005.
“He has already remained in judicial custody on this case for over 11 years,” the suggest submitted.
The prosecution suggest submitted that Salem have been all in favour of many heinous offences and remained a proclaimed offender for long. It was argued that the given nature of the crime, most punishment will have to be awarded.
(With agency inputs)
Abu Salem gets 7 years for extortion bid
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