India protests Danish courts observations in Davy case

The envoy was told that Davy was an accused in the arms dropping case and he was a wanted by Indian law. He was also told that India expected the support of the Danish government in its appeal that it was planning to file soon.

On Wednesday,Home Minister P Chidambaram had said the Danish courts observation were disappointing. Kim Davy verdict is very disappointing. We reject the argument that prisoners are subjected to torture or that human rights of the accused will be violated, he had said.

Last week,the Eastern High Court in Copenhagen,while rejecting a plea to extradite Davy to India,had refused to accept the assurances given by India that Davy wont face any harm.

The court had cited Indias failure to ratify the United Nations Convention Against Torture,alleged degrading treatment in jails and widespread human rights violations as the reasons for not agreeing to Davys extradition.

Davy is an accused in the case of sophisticated arms being air-dropped from a foreign plane in Purulia on the night of December 17,1995. An Interpol Red Notice was issued against Davy in 1996 on CBIs request. However,even though he was traced to Denmark in 2001,efforts to get him extradited have failed in the absence of an extradition treaty between the two nations.