Hasan case: Mumbai court to decide on 7th May

Hasan case: Mumbai court to decide on 7th May 

A sessions court would now hear on 7th May, the application filed by Arthur Road Central prison seeking permission to send Hasan Ali Khan, accused of money laundering, to Patna in connection with a passport forgery case.

The application came up for hearing on Wednesday before Principal Judge Swapna Joshi who adjourned it to 7^th May, when Hasan would be produced before her for extension of remand.

Patna police had on Tuesday approached the court in Mumbai seeking Khan's custody.

They presented a production warrant issued by the chief judicial magistrate of Patna as Khan is required in the passport forgery case of 1997 there.

Khan's counsel, I P Bagadia, however, objected to the plea saying the production warrant was addressed to the Arthur Road Jail and not to the court.

Hence it should be returned. However, the State, through Govind Patil, additional senior jailer of Arthur Road, then made an application saying that the sessions court in Mumbai could direct the jail authorities to send him to Patna, as Khan is in court's custody now.

Khan is in judicial custody till 7^th May in Mumbai. The court would also hear on 4^th May his plea seeking medical assistance for injury to leg.

He has pleaded that he is a diabetic and needs immediate treatment.