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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nMUMBAI: Bangladesh national Shariful Islam, accused of breaking into the Bandra home of actor Saif Ali Khan<\/a> and attacking him on January 16, 2025, moved sessions court on Friday seeking to plead guilty, and prayed for leniency in sentencing.The plea comes days after the court framed stringent charges for armed robbery or dacoity with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt against the 31-year-old.On August 14, charges we\u00adre also framed under the Fo\u00adreigners Act and Passport (Entry into India) for illegally entering and staying in the country.The maximum sentence attracted is life imprisonment.When a person pleads gu\u00adil\u00adty, he forfeits the right to a tr\u00adi\u00adal. The prosecution\u2019s reply has been sought. The matter will co\u00adme up for hearing on September 11.<\/p>\n Shariful Islam, accused in the alleged housebreaking and assault on actor Saif Ali Khan, moved the sessions court on Friday to plead guilty.An accused may file an application to plead guilty in the court where his case is pending for trial. Among various other details, the application should mention that he has not been convicted in a similar case previously.The accused usually cites the guilty plea as a mitigating circumstance for sentencing.<\/p>\n Guilty plea used as mitigating factor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n It is the prosecution\u2019s case that on the night of December 31, 2024, Islam surveyed Bandra and Khar areas before taking up a job at a Bandra West hotel, just a few metres from Satguru Sharan, where Khan and his family reside.After a dispute with the hotel owner, he quit the job.On January 16, 2025, he allegedly walked from Bandra to Khar and then to Satguru Sharan, where he attempted a burglary, leading to the attack on the actor.The accused was arrested on January 19, 2025, and during interrogation, it was al\u00adlegedly revealed he is a Banglad\u00ade\u00adsh citizen who illegally entered In\u00addia.He is accused of grievously injuring Khan, his employee, and another witness with a weapon, with the intent to cause death.The chargesheet contained 40 witness statements and forensic evidence showing the accused\u2019s T-shirt bloodstains matched Khan\u2019s blood sample.Eliyamma Phillip, 56, Saif Ali Khan\u2019s staff nurse, allegedly identified the accused during an identification parade at Arthur Road Jail on February 5, 2025.The prosecution submitted th\u00adat Islam\u2019s left-hand fingerprints we\u00adre found at the crime scene.The prosecution also referred to a facial recognition test.Police conf\u00adi\u00adrmed the accused\u2019s face matched the image captured in the CC\u00adTV footage from Khan\u2019s residence.The prosecution stated a medical officer reported that Khan was injured by the weapon recovered from the accused.Further, a chemical analysis report had also been received from the forensic lab, Kalina, stating the piece of knife blade found at the crime scene, the partially broken knife fou\u00adnd on the accused, and the piece of knife found in the body of an injur\u00ad\u00aded Khan were parts of the same kn\u00adife, the prosecution had submitted.During the crime reconstruction, Islam allegedly demonstrated climbing a 4-ft wall, using a ladder for the 12-ft ascent to the duct, accessing the fourth floor where he cut the rat mesh, using stairs to the 10th floor, and climbing through duct pipes to enter the flat\u2019s bathroom.<\/div>\n Shariful Islam (L), accused in the Saif Ali Khan attack, has pleaded guilty MUMBAI: Bangladesh national Shariful Islam, accused of breaking into the Bandra home of actor Saif Ali Khan and attacking him on January 16, 2025, moved sessions court on Friday seeking to plead guilty, and prayed for leniency in sentencing.The plea comes days 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