HC acquits 35 US anti-piracy ship crew held in '13 'with illegal arms'
TNN | Updated: Nov 28, 2017, 07:44 IST
The ship was impounded and the crew and guards were detained in October 2013 after the vessel allegedly entere... Read More MADURAI: The 35 crew members and guards of US anti-piracy ship Seaman Guard Ohio, jailed under the Arms Act, were on Monday acquitted of all charges by the Madurai bench of the Madras high court.
The ship was impounded and the crew and guards were detained in October 2013 after the vessel allegedly entered Indian waters with "illegal arms without adequate permission." The 'Q' branch of the Tamil Nadu police booked the crew members under various Acts, including the Arms Act, IPC and the Essential Commodities Act.
On January 11 last year, the Tuticorin district and sessions court sentenced all the crew members to five years rigorous imprisonment and fined them 3,000 each. Ruling on an appeal filed by the crew members, including captain Dudnik Valentyn, Justice A M Basheer Ahamed said the prosecution had failed to prove that the Indian Coast Guard
TNN | Updated: Nov 28, 2017, 07:44 IST
The ship was impounded and the crew and guards were detained in October 2013 after the vessel allegedly entere... Read More MADURAI: The 35 crew members and guards of US anti-piracy ship Seaman Guard Ohio, jailed under the Arms Act, were on Monday acquitted of all charges by the Madurai bench of the Madras high court.
The ship was impounded and the crew and guards were detained in October 2013 after the vessel allegedly entered Indian waters with "illegal arms without adequate permission." The 'Q' branch of the Tamil Nadu police booked the crew members under various Acts, including the Arms Act, IPC and the Essential Commodities Act.
On January 11 last year, the Tuticorin district and sessions court sentenced all the crew members to five years rigorous imprisonment and fined them 3,000 each. Ruling on an appeal filed by the crew members, including captain Dudnik Valentyn, Justice A M Basheer Ahamed said the prosecution had failed to prove that the Indian Coast Guard
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