NEW DELHI, July 13: Diamantaire Mehul Choksi will “only” return to Dominica to face trial for illegal entry into that country when a doctor “certifies” that he is fit to stand trial, the media there reported citing conditions laid down by the Dominica High Court while granting him bail.
In a major setback to Indian efforts to bring him from the Caribbean country, Dominica High Court Judge Bernie Stephenson allowed the businessman to return to Antigua and Barbuda, where he has been living as a citizen since 2018 after leaving India, to seek medical advice from neurologist Hayden Osborne at the Mount St. John’s Medical Centre, Dominica News Online reported. Choksi is having a clot in brain besides other health issues such as diabetes and hypertension, his legal team has submitted.
Choksi after a recent hearing at the high court in Dominica (ANI)
NEW DELHI: In a major setback to India, the Dominica high court has granted bail to fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, allowing him to travel to Antigua and Barbuda for treatment of his neurological condition, local media there reported.
The high court granted a consent order by Choksi’s legal team and the state’s lawyer, permitting him to go to Antigua, where he has been staying as a citizen since 2018 after he left India, after depositing eastern Caribbean dollars 10,000 (approximately Rs 2.75 lakh) as bail money to seek medical attention from a specialised neurologist, Antigua Breaking News reported.
Mehul Choksi Will Only Come Back To Dominica To Face Trial When Fit: Reports
The 62-year-old is wanted in India in connection with the ₹ 13,500-crore Punjab National Bank fraud case.
Outlook Web Bureau 13 July 2021, Last Updated at 8:02 am
Mehul Chiksi can now travel to neighbouring Antigua and Barbuda, of which he is a citizen and from where had gone missing earlier. Outlook Web Bureau 2021-07-13T08:01:30+05:30 Mehul Choksi Will Only Come Back To Dominica To Face Trial When Fit: Reports outlookindia.com 2021-07-13T08:02:35+05:30
Fugitive jeweller Mehul Choksi, arrested and jailed in the Caribbean Island nation of Dominica since May 23 for illegal entry, has been granted bail by a court there on medical grounds. He can now travel to neighbouring Antigua and Barbuda, of which he is a citizen and from where had gone missing earlier.
Diamantaire Mehul Choksi will only return to Dominica to face trial for illegal entry into that country when a doctor certifies that he is fit to stand trial, the media there reported citing conditions laid down by the Dominica High Court while granting him bail. In a major setback to Indian efforts to bring him from the Caribbean country, Dominica High Court Judge Bernie Stephenson allowed the businessman to return to Antigua and Barbuda, where he has been living as a citizen since 2018 after leaving India, to seek medical advice from neurologist Hayden Osborne at the Mount St. John s Medical Centre, Dominica News Online reported.