MUMBAI: The two British nationals, whose acquittal in a case related to the sexual abuse of minor boys, was overturned by the Supreme Court are likely to surrender on Monday (March 21). Duncan Grant and Allan Waters are likely to surrender on Monday, their advocate Taraq Sayyed said.
"Once we get the copy of the writ from the Supreme Court of India, the accused would surrender," he said.
The copy of the writ is directly sent to the Sessions Court.
"It is likely that the copy of the writ would arrive (in Mumbai) on Monday," Sayyed said.
Asked whether they would file a review petition, Sayyed said they have not gone through the order yet and will decide the future course of action after reading the order. The Supreme Court had on Friday restored the conviction of paedophiles Waters and Grant on charges of sexual abuse of minor boys living in shelters run by them in Mumbai and directed that they be taken into custody to undergo their remaining jail terms.
The Sessions Court in 2006 had convicted Grant, Waters and William D'Souza, the duo's Indian aide who was a manager in the shelters-for-homeless run by them at three places in Mumbai, for sexually abusing minor boys at the Anchorage Shelter Home in Colaba.
However in 2008, the Bombay high court had acquitted them for lack of evidence but the Supreme Court restored their conviction. Waters will have to spend a year in jail, while Grant will have to be behind the bars for over two years. D'Souza had already served his sentence.
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