HC sets aside 29-year-old criminal case against 86-year-old widow
Hindustan TimesMUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Wednesday struck down criminal proceedings against an 86-year-old widow, who was accused of evading Customs duty on a Mercedes car, owing to inordinate delay in completion of the trial. The businessman Dev Aggarwal, who passed away soon after approaching the high court in 2019, and his now widowed wife, Prabha, faced criminal prosecution at the instance of tax authorities for smuggling in a 1983-300D Mercedes through the air cargo complex in Sahar. After Dev passed away in 2019, his wife Prabha, who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, was left to deal with the ordeal, Haresh Jagtiani, senior advocate who appeared on behalf of the 86-year-old widow, told the court. “Even after considering the seriousness of the allegations made in the complaint, we still feel that the delay is so much that merits would not affect the outcome of this petition and save the prosecution.” the court said while setting aside the criminal prosecution against Prabha Aggarwal initiated before a magisterial court in Esplanade.
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