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| Bombay High Court to hear Afroze's plea |
| 2005-10-09 |
| The Bombay High Court on Monday will hear the plea of suspected Al-Qaeda operative Mohammed Afroze challenging his conviction by a special POTA court for conspiring with the international terrorist organisation to attack places of importance in India, Australia and UK. The High Court had admitted his petition on September 20. The special judge had sentenced Afroze to seven years' rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 under various sections of the Indian Penal Code. Afroze has challenged his conviction in the High Court stating that the special court did not have the right to try his case as the POTA charges against him were dropped. Once the POTA was withdrawn, the special judge has to transfer the case to a regular court trying cases under the IPC, Afroze's lawyer Mubin Solkar argued, adding as per the law, it was mandatory on the part of the judge to transfer the case to a regular court. Afroze's petition states that the police had failed to provide evidence against him. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |