Excessive court docket rejects man’s plea towards his arrest over UK mission stir

NEW DELHI: The Delhi excessive court docket has dismissed a plea by a person difficult his arrest and prosecution in a case associated to the March 2023 protests by Khalistani teams on the Indian excessive fee in London. The protesters had shouted anti-India and pro-Khalistani slogans, and pulled down the Indian flag, with some attempting to tear it.
Inder Pal Singh Gaba of Hounslow in UK was arrested by Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) on April 25 this 12 months whereas getting into India by way of the Attari border in Punjab. Booked beneath the stringent UAPA and different legal guidelines, Gaba had contended in his plea he was not given a replica of the FIR, making his arrest illegal.
HC discovered no infirmity within the trial court docket’s remand orders permitting NIA Gaba’s custody. “The rivalry of the counsel for the petitioner (Gaba) that non-furnishing of the FIR could be deadly can’t be accepted as a result of, as rightly identified by the extra solicitor-general (ASG), CrPC and UAPA don’t mandate a replica of the FIR to be equipped by the investigating officer to every other individual apart from the complainant,” stated Justice Subramonium Prasad.
The HC stated Gaba was arrested and produced earlier than a Justice of the Peace the identical day. A replica of the remand utility was equipped to him, containing each the explanations and grounds of arrest.
“The safeguard enshrined beneath Article 22(1) of the Structure has been adopted and the impugned remand orders don’t comprise any infirmity,” the HC stated.
The Indian flag was focused within the protests on March 19. NIA stated audio-video proof confirmed Gaba’s presence and energetic involvement within the protests on March 22. He was seen elevating anti-India slogans, associating with key protest organisers, and interesting in actions that undermined the sovereignty of India. A lookout round was issued towards Gaba on Dec 9 final 12 months. Attari immigration officers had detained him and seized his passport, subsequently handing him over to NIA.