Bombay High Court Says Mere Association With Gangster Dawood Ibrahim Will Not Amount to Terror Gang Membership Under UAPA
The high court observed while dealing with the petitions filed by Parvez Zubair Vaid and Faiz Shakeel Bhiwandiwala. The two have been accused in a case registered under provisions of UAPA, Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and the Indian Penal Code.
The Bombay High Court recently said that any association with gangster Dawood Ibrahim would not attract the provision against membership of a terrorist gang or organisation. It must be noted that Dawood Ibrahim has been declared a terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The division bench of Justice Bharati Dangre and Justice Manjusha Deshpande further stated that as Dawood Ibrahim has been designated a terrorist in his "individual capacity", it would not be sufficient to invoke Section 20 on the ground that a person due to such association belongs to D-gang. The high court observed while dealing with the petitions filed by Parvez Zubair Vaid and Faiz Shakeel Bhiwandiwala. The two have been accused in a case registered under provisions of UAPA, Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and the Indian Penal Code. Case Against Ravindra Waikar Closed: Mumbai Shiv Sena MP Exonerated in EOW Case; Now Only Dawood Ibrahim Is Left for ‘Clean Chit’, Taunts MVA.
Mere association with Dawood Ibrahim will not amount to terror gang membership under UAPA: Bombay High Court
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