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- By Parinda News Bureau, February 27, 2006, 12:52 IST
Mumbai: More than 24 hours after the Mumbai sessions court issuing notice to Zaheera Shaikh and her family for perjury, the controversial witness in the Best Bakery case was yet to approach her advocate for future course of action.
"Zaheera is yet to contact me after Friday's verdict given by the Mumbai court. I have no idea if she is in Mumbai, Vadodara or Ahmedabad", advocate Atul Mistri, who represents Zaheera, told PTI here on Saturday.
When asked if he found it strange that the whereabouts of his client was not known when such a crucial judgement was delivered, he -said, "yes it is strange but there is nothing I can do".
The advocate said that he was yet to get a copy of the notice issued by the court to Zaheera in which she has been asked to reply within two weeks as to why she-furnished false evidence (during the initial trial at a Vadodara fast track court).
Mistri said he would be able to comment on the further course of action only after Zaheera came forward and discussed the matter. On being asked if Zaheera, the prime witness, who had changed her advocates several times, would retain him, Mistri said that .he was unsure and would wait for her to surface.
Verdict a 'triumph of justice': NHRC
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today hailed the conviction of nine people in the retrial of the Best Bakery case related to the 2002 Gujarat riots as a "triumph of justice". NHRC chairman A S Anand also welcomed the perjury notice to main witness Zahira Sheikh for retracting her testimony. "The verdict is a triumph of justice. It will restore confidence of the common man in rule of law," Anand told PTI.
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