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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Suresh Kumar | TNN

Madras high court reprieve for injured foreign sailor who rushed to hospital sanctions permission

CHENNAI: Coming to the aid of an Indonesian engineer who stepped on Indian soil without permission, but with injuries and to escape death, the Madras high court has quashed a criminal case registered against him and ordered his immediate deportation.

"In a life-or-death situation, he had undertaken a misadventure which has led him to criminal prosecution and detention in an alien nation," said Justice Jagadish Chandra.

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