A special court in Mumbai, India, has ruled in favor of alleged gangster Kumar Krishnan Pillai, allowing him to return to his home country, Hong Kong, after he was acquitted in three extortion cases. The court dismissed the Maharashtra government's contention that he should be sent back to Singapore, where he was extradited in 2016. Special judge Satyanarayan R Navander stated that once the trial concluded, there was no requirement to return him to the extraditing country. The prosecution had argued based on the Extradition Act, but the court found that this applied only when further prosecution was anticipated, which was not the case here. The judge highlighted the importance of personal liberty, ruling that forcing Pillai to return to a country where he is not a citizen would be arbitrary and unlawful. Under the doctrine of specialty, Pillai cannot be prosecuted for any other cases without Singapore's consent, limiting the scope of legal proceedings against him.