Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidya Prakash gave the Special Cell of Delhi police time till October 6 to respond to Salem's plea on its request for more time on the ground that it was yet to receive any official communication on Portuguese constitutional court's order cancelling his extradition.
The police told the court that the investigating officer of the case has written to the CBI and the Union Ministry of Home Affairs seeking the Portuguese court's order and their comments are awaited.
Salem's counsel M S Khan, however, said the police was merely trying to "misinform the court and cause delays."
Salem had originally moved the court for stopping his trial in the extortion case on August 4, saying "continuation of his trial after termination of the authorisation granted for his extradition is against the law, justice and without jurisdiction."
The court had first asked police to respond by August 28, then by September 7 and now by October 6 to Salem's plea.
Salem's counsel Khan had submitted that his client had been extradited in 2005 by the Indian government from Portugal where he was arrested in 2002 and according to the extradition agreement, Salem could not be charged with offences entailing life imprisonment or death sentence. MORE
