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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

SC reserves order on Abu Salem's plea for release after 25 years in jail

The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its verdict on gangster Abu Salem's plea seeking his release from prison, with the convict arguing that he has completed the maximum 25-year imprisonment permitted under the terms of his extradition from Portugal.

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta was hearing Salem's appeal against an April order of the Bombay High Court, which had dismissed his plea for immediate release as "premature" and "misconceived".

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