Rejected twice, Dudu may move SC for bail
HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, JULY 20
After facing two bail dismissals by local courts, international drug dealer David Driham aka Dudu is most likely to move Supreme Court for regular bail.
Advocate Raju Poulekar, representing Dudu, said he will shortly approach the apex court following the rejection of his bail by Narcotics and Drugs Psychotropic Substances Court and Bombay High Court at Goa.
“We will move Supreme Court opposing the other two rejection orders. We are, however, not certain on the date…”, Poulekar told Herald.
The Israeli last week had moved NDPS Court seeking permission to get his dental treatment done by a private doctor of his choice. The court, in its order on Monday, granted him permission on condition that he will bear all expenses including traveling, doctor’s fee and most importantly police escorts.
“Dudu is suffering from extreme tooth decay. We made an application to get him treated by a private dentist of his choice because the Goa Dental College said it was unable to fix an appointment for four months”, said the advocate.
The Dental College had earlier advised Dudu to extract the affected tooth. The drug dealer who has hogged attention for his bizarre acts is however adamant to save the tooth by opting for root canal. As against this, public prosecutor Shiral Monteiro insisted on treating Dudu at the Dental College.
Judge Bimba Thaly admitted Dudu’s petition and granted him conditional permission for an immediate treatment with a private dentist. “It has been made clear by the investigating officer…that it would take some time for the applicant to get dental treatment at GDC thus considering the dental problem suffered by the applicant and considering the time that would be consumed at GDC to treat the applicant… interest of justice would be served by allowing the applicant to take treatment by a private dentist of his choice”, was the final order accompanying the above said conditions.
It is reliably learnt that the drug dealer has selected Dr Sanjeev Vaz, a Calangute-based dentist to treat the decayed tooth.
Just a day before, Dudu’s easy access to Facebook social networking website raised eyebrows on the fragile working of the ‘Prisons’ authorities.
Rejected twice, Dudu may move SC for bail
PANJIM, JULY 20 After facing two bail dismissals by local courts, international drug dealer David Driham aka Dudu is most likely to move Supreme Court for regular bail.
