Pannun is a Sikh separatist with twin US and Canadian citizenship.

New Delhi:

A Czech court docket has accepted the extradition of Nikhil Gupta, a 52-year-old Indian man accused by the United States of involvement in an alleged plot to homicide Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil, a Reuters report stated. The Czech Justice Ministry introduced the choice on Friday, leaving the ultimate name within the fingers of Justice Minister Pavel Blazek as soon as the ruling is delivered to all related events within the case.

Gupta, who was detained by Czech authorities in June final 12 months in Prague, is accused by US federal prosecutors of collaborating with an Indian authorities official in a scheme to kill Pannun, a Sikh separatist with twin US and Canadian citizenship.

According to the Czech information web site seznamzpravy dot com, Gupta argued that there was a case of mistaken id and contested that he was not the particular person the United States was in search of. He characterised the case as “political” in nature, setting the stage for what may very well be a protracted authorized battle.

“The time frame for the minister’s decision cannot be assumed at this point,” stated a Czech Justice Ministry spokesperson, as quoted by information company Reuters. 

The Justice Minister has a three-month window to hunt the opinion of the Czech Supreme Court if any doubts come up regarding the decrease court docket’s selections, stated tge ministry spokesperson. The Prague High Court had beforehand dismissed Gupta’s attraction towards a December ruling by a decrease court docket, that dominated that extradition is allowed.

The Czech Republic has traditionally allowed American extradition requests. Gupta’s lawyer has implored the Czech court docket to not authorise the extradition.