Nicolas Maduro Arrest: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been taken to New York. US officials say he will be tried in a federal court on charges related to narco-terrorism. Maduro and his wife arrived at Stewart Air National Guard Base and were flown by helicopter to Manhattan under tight security, according to official statements. In the meantime, let us know whether America can punish the Venezuelan President or not.

What are the allegations?

The United States Department of Justice alleges that Maduro leads or coordinates a narcoterrorism network. In the 2020 charge sheet, he has been accused of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and weapons-related crimes. Not only this but he is also being linked to the so-called Cartel de Sols.

Can a US court prosecute a foreign head of state

Under US law, once a defendant is physically in US custody, a federal court usually has jurisdiction to hear the case, even if the manner of his capture is disputed by international law. This principle is called the Kerr-Frisbee principle. This means that what matters is the presence of a defendant and not how he was brought into the custody of the court.

What is the law regarding immunity of the Head of State

International law generally grants sitting heads of state immunity from prosecution in foreign national courts. But America’s stance is that this exemption does not apply here. This is because Washington has not recognized Maduro as the legitimate President of Venezuela since 2019.

If the case goes ahead, can America punish them?

If a US federal court prosecutes a case and the jury returns a guilty verdict, the court can impose punishment under US law. In cases of narco terrorism and large scale drug smuggling, there can be a very long jail sentence. The sentence will be in accordance with federal guidelines and the statutory maximum limits applicable to the cases convicted. So this simply means that the United States can prosecute Nicolas Maduro under its laws and he can also be punished.

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A surprising incident has come to light in America. Here an Indian citizen has been accused of violence during an international flight. According to US officials, this man named 28-year-old Praneet Kumar Usiripalli attacked two passengers with a metal fork on Lufthansa Airlines flight LH-431 going from Chicago to Germany. Apart from this, he also slapped a female passenger. This incident occurred on October 25, after which the flight made an emergency landing at Boston Logan International Airport.

According to the US Attorney’s Office, Praneet Kumar, who was on board the flight, suddenly became aggressive. He hit a 17-year-old teenager on the shoulder and another teenager on the back of the head with a metal fork, injuring both. When the flight crew tried to stop him, Praneet made a gun gesture with his hand and placed it in his mouth and pretended to fire. This action spread panic among the passengers and the situation started worsening.

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After the attack, Praneeth turned towards a female passenger sitting nearby and slapped her. The flight attendants immediately controlled him and tied him to his seat for safety reasons. After this the pilot diverted the plane towards Boston Airport, where the police arrested him.

How much can be the punishment?

The US Federal Prosecution Office (US Attorney’s Office Massachusetts) said that Praneeth has been accused of assault with a dangerous weapon. This is a serious crime and if found guilty under it, he can face up to 10 years in jail, up to 3 years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000 (about ₹ 2 crore).

According to officials, it is not clear whether there was any mental or personal reason behind the attack. The accused was arrested on October 25 and will soon be produced in the federal court in Boston.

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Us federal court on Trump’s tariffs: A Federal Court of the United States has given a big and a shock to President Donald Trump. The Federal Court has banned the tariff imposed on many countries of the world on behalf of President Trump. This decision of the court has shocked Trump’s economic policies.

The International Trade Court said in its judgment that the emergency law which was referred to by the Voice House to impose tariffs does not give Rashtrapati the right to unilaterally tariffs almost all the countries of the world.

The International Trade Court located in Manhattan, USA, said that according to the US Constitution, the Congress has been given special rights to run trade with other countries of the world smoothly, which cannot be given to the President in the name of security of the economy. However, the court filed an appeal shortly after this decision.

What will happen now after the court’s decision,

In fact, after the decision of the Federal Court, now it is 10 days to complete the bureaucratic process to stop all tariffs after the White House. However, in most of these cases, tariffs have already been suspended.

At the same time, former CBP top officer John Leonard told the BBC, “Now the matter will go through an appeal process. If the White House loses in its appeal, the US Customs and Border Protection Agency will issue instructions.”

However, he said, “It may also be that the upper courts are more sympathetic in the favor of the Trump. But if all the courts retain this decision, then the businessmen who have paid the tariff will be refunded with interest. It also includes the so -called reciprocal tariff.”

Tahawwur rana extradition: The US Supreme Court has dismissed his plea demanding a ban on sending Tawwur Rana to India under extradition to the Mumbai terror attack, which has removed another obstacle over handing over to Indian officials for justice.

Rana, a 64 -year -old Canadian citizen of Pakistani origin, is currently closed at Los Angeles’s ‘Metropolitan Detention Center’. He is associated with Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley, one of the main conspirators of the attacks on 26 November 2008 (26/11). Prior to the attacks, Headley had done Reiki in Mumbai as an employee of Rana’s ‘Immigration Consultancy’.

What was Rana’s application submitted on 27 February?

On 27 February, Rana submitted before the US Supreme Court Associate Judge and ‘Ninth Circuit’ Circuit Judge Elena Kagan ‘Emergency application to stop the pending trial of the habeas corpus petition’. At the beginning of last month, Kagan rejected the application.

What did the court say on the application of Tehwwur Rana?

After this, Rana renewed his application and requested that renewed application be sent to Chief Justice Roberts. An order post on the Supreme Court website states that Rana’s renewed application was listed for the ‘Conference’ of 4 April 2025 and “application” has been sent to the court. “On Monday, a notice said in a notice on the Supreme Court website,” The court has rejected the application. “

In which case Rana was convicted?

Rana was convicted in the US in a case of assisting Pakistan-based terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba in a case related to providing assistance in terrorist conspiracy in Denmark. Lashkar is responsible for the Mumbai attack. Eminent Indian-American lawyer Ravi Batra of New York told ‘PTI-Bhasha’ that Rana had applied to the Supreme Court to stop extradition. This application was rejected by Justice Kagan on 6 March. The application was presented to Roberts, “who shared it with the court to use the entire court’s approach.”

Rana had said the danger of torturing him

In the emergency petition, Rana requested that as long as the ongoing case is pending in the US, his extradition process should be banned in India. He had demanded the postponement of the petition filed on 13 February on the basis of its merits. In that petition, Rana argued that his extradited India is a violation of the ‘United Nations Convention’ against the US law and torture, “Because it is a sufficient basis to believe that the petitioner would be in danger of torture if he was extradited to India.”

If sent to India, it is really ‘death sentence

The petition said, “The possibility of harassment in this case is even more as the petitioner is a Muslim of Pakistani origin in the Mumbai attacks.” The petition also states that extraditing him in Indian custody centers due to his ‘serious medical status’ is also ‘really’ death sentence. On January 21, the US Supreme Court rejected the application related to Rana’s original habeas corpus petition seeking a review of the lower court’s decision.

Why PM Modi’s name in Rana’s application?

The application said that on the same day, the newly appointed Foreign Minister Marco Rubio met Foreign Minister S Jaishankar. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Washington to meet Trump on 12 February, Rana’s lawyer received a letter from the State Department, stating that ‘the Foreign Minister has decided to’ hand over ‘to India’ to India ‘according to’ the extradition treaty between the US and India ‘on 11 February 2025.

Trump announced Rana’s extradition

During a joint press conference with Prime Minister Modi at the White House in February, President Donald Trump said that his administration has approved the extradition of ‘very wicked’ Rana, which is looking for Indian law enforcement agencies for his role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. A total of 166 people including six Americans were killed in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. These attacks were carried out by 10 Pakistani terrorists.

America Sexual Abuse of Children: A US federal court convicted 31 -year -old Indian citizen for sexual abuse of many children and sentenced him to 35 years. The allegation on the Indian citizen is that he used to show his identity on the social media app as a teenager and befriended boys and girls and won his trust. The allegation is that he used to ask him to give more pictures related to child pornography and then when these people did not listen to him, he used to threaten them.

Indian citizen Sai Kumar Kurremula sentenced to jail

American Attorney Robert Troster said in a statement that Indian citizen Sai Kumar Kurremula has been sentenced to 420 months in jail for sexual abuse of three children and having material related to child pornography. He was living in Oklahoma’s Edmund on an immigrant visa.

In the order given last week, US District Judge Charles Goodwin said that even after being released on the completion of the sentence, he will remain under lifelong surveillance. Judge Charles Gudwin said that Kurremula has given a wound to the victims and their family that will not heal even for a lifetime.

Kuraremula confessed his crime

During the hearing of the case, Sai Kumar Kurremula confessed that he had threatened a minor that he would go to his house and show his parents his pornographic photos. He also threatened another minor to make her pornographic photos and videos public.

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