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Madras court dismisses plea on five death row Indians in SL
Nov 06, 201410:01 PM
The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Thursday dismissed a petition that stated that a Sri Lankan court could not try the case of five Indian fishermen who were sentenced to death for smuggling narcotics.
The petition had also sought the intervention of the high court to get the five fishermen -- Emerson, Agastas, Wilson, Prasath and Langlet -- transferred to the Madurai central prison in accordance with a treaty between the two nations.
When the petition filed by Virudhunagar-based advocate S M Anandamurugan came up for hearing, the division bench of justices V Dhanapalan and V M Velumani said the matter could not be filed in the nature of a petition.
Following it, the petitioners had expressed willingness to withdraw the petition.
