Deepak Paradkar was arrested last fall as part of an FBI investigation, faces extradition to the U.S.
A Toronto-area lawyer accused of advising the murder of a federal witness in an alleged international drug smuggling ring will stay out on bail after Ontario’s top court rejected the Crown’s bid to overturn his release.
Lawyers for the Attorney General of Canada had asked the Ontario Court of Appeal to order Deepak Paradkar’s detention until his extradition hearing, arguing the judge who granted the lawyer bail last December “speculated and drew inferences” not grounded in evidence.
Prosecutors argued the intervention was necessary to “salvage the public’s confidence in the administration of justice,” protect the public and make sure Canada could meet its treaty obligations in the case.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/deepak-paradkar-bail-9.7224600
