U.S. Appellate Court Affirms Extradition To India

On March 10, 2004, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirm an extradition order of the U.S. District for the Eastern District of California on three of the eleven incidents requested by India in the case of Kulvir Singh Barapind. The Indian Government requested Mr. Barapind?s extradition to try him for crimes arising out of eleven separate incidents in 1991 and 1992, specifically the crimes of murder, attempted murder, and robbery. In ordering his extradition for only three of the eleven incidents, the court determined that supporting probable cause had not been established for allegations regarding three of the other incidents, and that the ?political offense? exception, articulated in Article VI of the Indian-U.S. extradition treaty, precluded extradition on the remaining five...[more]