Overview
- Additional Sessions Judge C V Marathe convicted the pair under Rule 5 of the Passport (Entry Into India) Rules, 1950.
- Haidar Ali Ashraf Ali, 29, and Fatima Gofar Shaikh, 34, were arrested on January 14 in Koprigaon, Sector 26, Navi Mumbai.
- Each received 11 months’ imprisonment and a Rs 500 fine, with credit for roughly 10 months and 27 days already in custody.
- The court found no proof of a forged Aadhaar card and noted the absence of criminal antecedents or other alleged anti-social activity.
- The Navi Mumbai police commissioner was instructed to initiate deportation proceedings via the Bangladesh Embassy.