India, Feb. 18 -- A Mumbai court has ordered the city police to take necessary steps to repatriate alleged gangster Kumar Pillai to his home country, Hong Kong, noting that he has been acquitted in all cases for which he was originally extradited. A Supreme Court ruling has made it clear that in the absence of permission from the extraditing country, the applicant cannot be tried in India for any other pending cases, Special MCOCA Court Judge Satyanarayan R Navander said in the order passed on February 13.

"Consequently, the prosecution is left with no option but to take steps to repatriate the applicant (Pillai) to his home country, namely Hong Kong," the judge said. There is no material on record to suggest that the prosecution has sou...