New Delhi:
An appeal is likely to be filed on Wednesday in UAE on behalf of 17 Indians facing death sentence there for killing a Pakistani.
"We have engaged Mhd Salman as the lawyer for these Indians. And an appeal is likely to be filed tomorrow in the case," officials told PTI in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Seventeen Indians were sentenced to death on March 29 by a Sharjah shariah court for allegedly killing a Pakistani and injuring three others in an attack last year.
There is a deadline of two weeks after the pronouncement of judgment within which an appeal has be filed, officials said.
The UAE government has already made it clear that its legal system guarantees a fair trial and the death sentence is subject to appeal and annulment by the rule of law without any interference from the parties concerned.
"We fully trust our legal system and its procedures and we are sure that it will provide and guarantee a fair trial to the convicted," the UAE embassy in New Delhi had said in a statement on Monday.
Terming as "very unfortunate" the death sentence given to 17 Indians, government has assured all possible help, including legal assistance to them.
"We have engaged Mhd Salman as the lawyer for these Indians. And an appeal is likely to be filed tomorrow in the case," officials told PTI in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Seventeen Indians were sentenced to death on March 29 by a Sharjah shariah court for allegedly killing a Pakistani and injuring three others in an attack last year.
There is a deadline of two weeks after the pronouncement of judgment within which an appeal has be filed, officials said.
The UAE government has already made it clear that its legal system guarantees a fair trial and the death sentence is subject to appeal and annulment by the rule of law without any interference from the parties concerned.
"We fully trust our legal system and its procedures and we are sure that it will provide and guarantee a fair trial to the convicted," the UAE embassy in New Delhi had said in a statement on Monday.
Terming as "very unfortunate" the death sentence given to 17 Indians, government has assured all possible help, including legal assistance to them.
