Adnan's father meets Nikam

MUMBAI: Almost a week after a sessions court acquitted four men accused of killing 16 -year -old, Adnan Patrawala, his father Aslam Patrawala finally met special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam. "I met the special public prosecutor on Friday. We had a long discussion and have decided to file an appeal in the Bombay high court," Aslam said.
Aslam said that he was not happy with the way the case was handled."We are awaiting the judgment copy. The special public prosecutor will go through the copy once it is available, make his notes and give it to the state. Although another prosecutor will represent the state in the high court, Nikam will continue to oversee the case," he added.
Nikam was not present in court during the verdict on Monday as he was attending another matter in Delhi.
Judge S A Deshmukh had acquitted Sujit Nair, 33, Ayush Bhat, 23, Rajiv Dhariya, 28, and Amit Kaushal, 29. After completing all legal formalities the four walked out of Arthur road jail on Tuesday.
It was the prosecution's case that the accused that on the night of August 18 and on August 19, 2007, Nair, Bhat, Dhariya, Kaushal and a minor had kidnapped Adnan. They drove off with him from Malad's Inorbit mall and allegedly strangled the teenager in Navi Mumbai after a plan to extort Rs 2 crore from his family as ransom went awry and the police got wind of the kidnapping. Patrawala's body was found near his car in the marsh by Palm Beach Road, Nerul, Navi Mumbai.