he Perfect Court docket on Monday declined to entertain a plea by way of gangster Abu Salem, who claimed he used to be in “unlawful custody” for over 10 months in spite of having served his 25-year sentence within the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.
Salem, extradited from Portugal on November 11, 2005, after a protracted felony struggle, argued that, together with remission for excellent behaviour, his jail time period underneath the Terrorist and Disruptive Actions (Prevention) Act (TADA) had already been finished.
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta used to be listening to Salem’s petition difficult a July 2025 Bombay Prime Court docket order, which held that prima facie his 25-year time period had now not but been finished. The Prime Court docket admitted Salem’s plea however refused intervening time reduction.
The bench noticed that, in keeping with a sworn statement filed by way of the Inspector Common of Prisons, Salem had gone through 19 years in custody. Justice Nath remarked, “You (Salem) got 25 years (sentence) for now not doing one thing excellent to the society. You might be convicted underneath the TADA.”
The apex court docket pushed aside the petition as withdrawn however granted Salem liberty to way the Prime Court docket for early checklist and disposal of the pending subject.
Previous, in July 2022, the Perfect Court docket had affirmed that the Centre used to be “certain” to honour its dedication to Portugal that Salem would neither face the demise penalty nor imprisonment past 25 years for the 1993 Mumbai blasts. Salem had additionally gained a separate lifestyles sentence in February 2015 from a different TADA court docket within the homicide case of Mumbai builder Pradeep Jain in 1995.
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