Have spent 25 years in prison, deserve remission: Bombay blasts convict Abu Salem tells High Court
The Hindu
Abu Salem seeks early release from prison after serving 25 years, citing extradition treaty and Supreme Court order.
Underworld gangster Abu Salem, convicted in the 1993 Bombay serial blasts case, has moved the Bombay High Court seeking remission of his sentence and premature release from the Nashik Road Central Prison, where he is confined.
Advocate Farhana Shah representing Abu Salem (49 years) mentioned the matter before a Division Bench of Justices Sarang Kotwal and S.M. Modak, and said the Bench had agreed to hear the matter on March 10, 2025.
The petitioner urged that he has already undergone the punishment of 25 years in prison as per procedure of an extradition treaty between India and Portugal and hence, he should be granted remission in accordance with the law and released from prison.
The petition mentioned the Supreme Court’s July 11, 2022 order, which is in line with India’s extradition treaty and the sovereign assurance given to Portugal that capped his imprisonment for 25 years.
The petition said, “The Supreme Court has specifically clarified that 25 years shall include as the period undergone during trial period in prison parlance, and it is further clarified that the said 25 years shall also include all remissions.”
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Salem stated that he was extradited from Portugal on November 11, 2005, and was handed life sentences in two cases. He was also produced before the designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (TADA) court in the 1993 Bombay blasts case.
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