344 Penalizes The Act of Kidnapping and Reads As Follows:"anyone Whosoever

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31st December 2018, Veer and Rohini got married without the blessings of

family.
They left for their honeymoon on the 5th of January 2019.
Sheikh Abdul Tayyar whose business office is in Venice (Italy),
Tayyar told Veer that since his family had a traditional mindset Rohini would
not be able to join them as they talked business, and that he should let his wives
show her around.
mobile payments gateway that Veer was building. To start the project a sum of
7,000 Bitcoins was immediately transferred to Veer’s account.
no record of his wife or any other woman having checked in with him. (bribing
the witness)
The sole piece of evidence he had were a few pictures on his smart phone
Mr. Singh did not believe a word of what Veer told him and was convinced that
Veer was indulging in human trafficking and had sold his dear daughter off.
local police station in Dubai….. Chandigarh police in India to enquire into
Veer’s antecedents…..Immigration and Customs Bureau to verify whether
Rohini had indeed come into the United Arab Emirates.
The Criminal Penal Code of UAE (Federal Law No. 3 of 1987) under Article
344 penalizes the act of kidnapping and reads as follows:“anyone whosoever
illegally kidnaps, arrests or detain any individual from his/her freedom by any
means and whether by himself or through a mediator shall be sentenced to
imprisonment.” ( bluntly wrong allegation)
Article 2 of the Federal Law on Combating Human Trafficking
The prosecution claimed that Veer had performed a sham marriage with Rohini
in order to coax her into coming to Dubai with him, where he proceeded to sell
her to Sheik Abdul Tayyar for a sum of 7000 Bitcoins( rohini father case)
Based on reports sent by the Chandigarh police, they also claimed that this was
a pattern for Veer as he had sought dissolution of his marriage in 2017 on the
ground that his wife had disappeared during his honeymoon 6 years ago. A case
had been registered, but the investigations at that time had yielded no results.
Defence In support of their contention, witnesses from the hotel staff that had
seen the couple together were examined and they testified that Rohini and Veer
looked like a couple very much in love. Photographs of Rohini and Veer having
a good time around Dubai were also produced from Veer’s Smartphone. The
immigration bureau filed an affidavit stating that they had a record of Veer and
Rohini entering Dubai together as husband and wife on the 5th of January 2019.
the court finally acquitted Veer. investigation into Sheik Abdul’s activities
This decision was despite Mr. Bhisham Singh’s testimony in court stating that
Veer had only known Rohini for 2 weeks before marriage and that he was
certain that Veer’s intentions were far from noble.
Section 363 in The Indian Penal Code. 363. Punishment for kidnapping. —
Whoever kidnaps any person from 1[India] or from lawful guardianship, shall
be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may
extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Section 366Whoever kidnaps or abducts any woman with intent that she may be
compelled, or knowing it to be likely that she will be compelled, to marry any
person against her will, or in order that she may be forced or seduced to illicit
intercourse
Section367Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person in order that such person
may be subjected, or may be so disposed of as to be put in danger of being
subject to grievous hurt, or slavery, or to the unnatural lust of any person, or
knowing it to be likely that such person will be so subjected or disposed of,
Section 368 Whoever, knowing that any person has been kidnapped or has been
abducted, wrongfully conceals or confines such person, shall be punished in the
same manner as if he had kidnapped or abducted such person with the same
intention or knowledge, or for the same purpose as that with or for which he
conceals or detains such ...
Section 369 Whoever kidnaps or abducts any child under the age of ten years
with the intention of taking dishonestly any movable property from the person
of such child, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a
term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Section 370 Whoever imports, exports, removes, buys, sells or disposes of any
person as a slave, or accepts, receives or detains against his will any person as
a slave, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term
which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Section 371 Habitual dealing in slaves. —Whoever habitually imports, exports,
removes, buys, sells, traffics or deals in slaves, shall be punished with [i]
[imprisonment for life], or with imprisonment of either description for a term
not exceeding ten years, and shall also be liable to fine
As soon as the exchange was made, the Chandigarh police along with the
special team in-charge of economic offences once again arrested Veer and
Rahamat for dealing in Bitcoins. According to the police, such an activity was
in contravention of the foreign trade and exchange laws and various RBI
regulations and that it also amounted to an offence under the Prevention of
Money Laundering Act, among other laws that are in force in India
FIR No. 923 of 2019; dated January 1, 2019 were filed under Section 4 of the
Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 and Sections 3, 4, 7 and 13 of the
Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999.

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