The Bombay High Court has dismissed gangster Abu Salem Abdul Qayoom Ansari's request for immediate release from prison, asserting he has not yet fulfilled his 25-year sentence related to the 1993 Mumbai serial bombings. Ansari's lawyer, Farhana Shah, argued that the Supreme Court had previously upheld that he should not serve more than 25 years due to an assurance given to Portugal, where he was extradited from. However, the court clarified that as of March 31, 2025, Ansari had only completed 19 years, five months, and 18 days of his sentence. The central and state governments contested his claims, stating that he attempted to combine separate conviction periods to justify his release. Ansari was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2017, which was later commuted to 25 years in 2022. He was extradited to India in 2005 after fleeing to Portugal on a fake passport.