However, the judge allowed defence lawyers to meet Salem in jail for 15 minutes every day and directed police to give him good quality food. Hearing Salem's plea apprehending police torture in custody, the court warned police not to subject the accused to third degree methods during interrogation. Police informed the court that Salem would be put in Bhoiwada police station lock up during the period of custody.
Earlier, CBI had arrested Salem soon after his extradition on November 11 in the 1993 bomb blast case. Salem was on Wednesday placed in judicial custody in this case by another TADA court of P D Kode who ruled that no one could seek Salem's custody without its permission.
Hence ATS obtained its approval to seek custody of the accused in 1995 Pradeep Jain murder case. ATS had obtained production warrant from TADA court of P V Bavkar against Salem in Pradeep Jain murder case. Accordingly, TADA Judge P D Kode, in whose custody Salem was placed in 1993 bomb blast case, allowed ATS to seek Salem's custody in Jain murder case.
