Supreme Court discharges
Non-Bailable Warrant (NBW) against NRI Mr. Dhariwal
NEW DELHI, April 11, 2005
The Supreme Court discharged a non-bailable warrant
(NBW) issued by a Mumbai court against the gutka baron
Rasiklal Manikchand Dhariwal in connection with his
alleged nexus with the underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.
A Bench comprising Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice
B N Srikrishna discharged the NBW issued against Dhariwal
saying he had cooperated with the CBI in the investigations
of underworld nexus case.
In a special leave petition, Prakash Dhariwal, Mr.
Dhariwal's son, had challenged a Bombay High Court
order refusing to stay the NBW issued against his
father by the Mumbai police On March 11, the court
was assured that Mr. Dhariwal would visit India on
April 4 and appear before the CBI since he was cited
only as a witness. The court, therefore, asked the
CBI not to execute the NBW.
Mr. Dhariwal, on April 4, had appeared before the
CBI and had reportedly denied any links with the underworld
saying that it was only allegations. CBI registered
a case against Dawood Ibrahim’s brother Anees
Ibrahim and three others on charges of extortion and
smuggling machinery for setting up gutka factory in
Karachi
