Court Cancels Warrant Against Kumar Pillai in 2007 Murder Case

• A Mumbai sessions court cancelled an open warrant against alleged gangster Kumar Pillai in a 2007 murder case.
• Pillai, a Hong Kong passport-holder, was extradited to India in 2016 after a 2012 Red Corner Notice.
• He was acquitted in three cases for which he was extradited, and his lawyer sought repatriation to Hong Kong.
• The crime branch sought a warrant in the 2007 murder case, which was initially granted by the sessions court.
• The MCOCA court ordered Pillai's repatriation, citing a Supreme Court ruling that he cannot be tried for other cases without the extraditing country's permission.