Surat: The Surat district and sessions court on Thursday allowed an NRI from Bharuch, who is accused in 2016 cases of being in possession of demonetised currency notes, from continuing his stay in the United Kingdom (UK) owing to the coronavirus related restrictions on travel.
Court had in December 2019 allowed accused Zakir Patel (43) to visit his family in the UK and asked him to return to India before December 31, 2020.
Patel was booked by Surat crime branch in December 2016 under IPC sections 489B (using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency notes or bank notes) and 489C (possession of forged or counterfeit currency notes or bank notes). According to police, Patel had given 600 Indian currency notes of Rs 1,000 denomination to one Faisal Patel via his brother Sarfaraz Patel to exchange in lieu of new notes.