Abu Salem's marriage plea
A month after the special TADA court held him guilty of
being party to the conspiracy behind the March 12, 1993, Mumbai bomb blasts
that killed 257 and left 713 injured, Abu Salem has sought permission to visit
a marriage registrar's office to solemnize his wedding vows with a woman from
Mumbra near Mumbai.
Salem had first moved the marriage permission plea in August
2015. His application then had followed the woman's plea before the TADA judge
for permission to marry him. Her plea was that rumors of marriage with the
gangster in 2014 had made it difficult for her to find a match and left her
defamed as her name and photographs had appeared in media linking her to Salem.
At that time, the court had told her that she did not
require its permission to marry anyone. Two months later, Salem had requested
for leave from jail to "officially give his name to the woman" and
protect her name. His plea also said he would not misuse the permission if sent
to the registrar. His application is still pending.
On Monday, Salem submitted
a fresh plea to press for his request by citing two orders from Bombay and
Delhi HCs in similar cases filed by other inmates. Special TADA judge G A Sanap
asked CBI special prosecutor Deepak Salvi's say on Salem's plea.
Cortesy: The Times Of India
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