Monday, May 1 2006 12:38 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today(May 1, 2006) issued notices to the CBI and Madhya Pradesh Government on a petition filed by Monica Bedi, extradited along with gangster Abu Salem, in a fake passport case.

A Bench headed by Justice K G Balakrishnan posted the matter to the first week of June.

Bedi's counsel K P S Tulsi challenged the denial of bail by Madhya Pradesh High Court and the Andhra Pradesh High Court contending that she had served two years sentence and was in prison for three years in Lisbon for travelling to Portugal on a fake passport.

He said the accused cannot be tried and punished twice for the same offence.