Dubai, Jan. 1 -- The Dubai Court of Cassation has brought to an end the high-profile money laundering case involving Indian businessman Balvinder Singh Sahni, widely known as 'Abu Sabah', after partially overturning a ruling issued by the Court of Appeal.

According to Emarat Al Youm and Al Khaleej, the Cassation Court cancelled the proportional fine of Dirham 150 million (Rs 3,67,02,31,500) that had been imposed jointly on Sahni and the other defendants. The court replaced the fine with an order to confiscate the funds involved in the crime, while upholding all other penalties.

The final judgment confirmed Sahni's five-year prison sentence, a separate fine of Dh 500,000 (Rs 1,22,34,250.00), confiscation of proceeds linked to the offence...