New Delhi: Underworld don Abu Salem on Thursday approached the Supreme Court challenging his conviction and seven-year jail term for possessing fake passport.
A bench headed by Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, before whom the case came up for hearing, however, recused herself saying that she had earlier heard the Bombay blast case in which Salem was also an accused.
The case would now be listed before another bench.
Salem, 46, was convicted and awarded seven-year rigorous imprisonment by a special CBI court in Hyderabad in a fake passport case in 2013. He was held guilty under different sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) for obtaining a passport under a fictitious name and address.
