A Delhi C𝔍ourt on Tuesday ordered release of Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah in a money laundering case related to a terror funding𝄹 case.
Delhi Court Orders Release Of Kashmiri Separatist Shabir Shah In Terror Funding Case
Delhi Court has said Shabir Ahmad Shah has undergone the maximum sentence of seven year😼s prescribed for the offence under Section 3 of PMLA.ꦫ
According to the Live Law report, Patiala House Court passed the order after noting that Shah has undergone the maximum sentence of seven years prescribed for the offence unde🔯r Section 3 of PMLA.
The court noted that Shah was in continuous custody i𒆙n the case from July 26, 2017, and since then, more than 7 years hav🐽e passed, the report mentioned.
“Accordingly, in view of proviso to Section 436A CrPC, he is entitled to be released in this case. Therefore, he is directed to be released from judicial custody in this case. ✱Release warrants be issued. He be released forthwith, if not required in any other case,” the court said, report mentioned.
It also stated the case will 🀅now be heard on October 23 for argum❀ents on charge.
Earlier, in June this year, 🎃the judge💧 had granted statutory bail to Shah.
Shah in his plea had stated that he that he had already s⛄uffered more than half of the period of the maximum punishment prescribed in the offence of money laundering.
“Even if he is granted bail in this case, he is not likely to be released from the jail in the other said offences before 24.ꦕ07.2024 i.e. the date on which the maximum punishment of 07 years in the present case expires for him as an under-trial prisoner,” the court had said, report mentioned.
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