Supreme Court bench was hearing a plea filed by terror convict Abu Saleem stating that his imprisonment cannot extend beyond 25 years as per the assurances given by the government of India to Portugal during his extradition.
Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla Bhalla filed a written response to the Supreme Court division bench query on Salem's plea questioning life imprisonment imposed on him by the TADA court on September 7, 2017 in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.
The Supreme Court on Monday deferred the bail application of underworld don Abu Salem, who was convicted for life sentence for his involvement in the Mumbai serial blasts on March 12, 1993 that claimed 257 lives and left 713 injured.