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Chisty gets Supreme Court permission to visit Pakistan
Thursday May 10, 2012 07:34:49 PM, IANS
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New Delhi:
The Supreme Court Thursday permitted octogenerian Pakistani
virologist Mohammad Khalil Chisty to visit his country during the
pendency of his appeal against his conviction in a murder case and
life imprisonment. It slated the final hearing of the appeal for
Nov 20.
An apex court bench of Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice J.
Chelameswar permitted Chisty to visit Pakistan keeping in view his
age and the fact that he had been in detention in Ajmer for the
past 20 years during trial.
As a condition to let him to go to Karachi, from where he hails,
the court directed Chisty to deposit Rs.5 lakh with the apex court
registry within two weeks and upon reaching Karachi, to deposit
his passport with the Indian consulate there.
The court said Chisty would return to India Nov 1 and fixed Nov 20
as the date for the final hearing of his appeal challenging the
Rajasthan High Court order upholding his conviction and award of
life imprisonment.
Additional Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran's plea seeking some
kind of assurance from the Pakistani government guaranteeing his
presence in India as and when required by the court, did not find
favour with the court.
Parasaran's plea for court asking Chisty to provide two sureties
of Rs.10 lakh each from two Indians too was not accepted by the
court.
Justice Sathasivam drew the attention of Parasaran to Chisty's
affidavit in which he "assured that he would abide by the
condition in pursuance to the permission to visit Pakistan".
The court told Parasaran that Chisty was an eminent scientist and
was more than 80 years of age and had not moved out of Ajmer for
20 years. The court said that Chisty was more of an academician.
As court ordered permitting Chisty to visit Karachi, Parasaran
told the court that it should be recorded that Chisty's case
should not be treated as a precedent. The court accordingly
recorded this in its order.
Chisty was sentenced to life imprisonment for the death of a
person in a brawl with him when he was visiting Ajmer in April
1992. He was granted bail by the apex court April 9 which asked
him to make a separate plea for permission to visit Pakistan.
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