Adjourning the matter for two weeks, Justices S C Dharmadhikari and Abhay Thipsay restrained Marine Drive police from taking any action until then. Essa, 83, left for Kuwait in April this year following a kidney replacement surgery after spending three decades in India.u00a0

He has alleged that a person named Punamiya forcibly occupied the flat in his absence. Punamiya, however, told the court that Essa handed over the flat's tenancy to him in September 2012 for a rent of Rs 50,000 a month. He had also lodged a complaint that Essa threatened him at gunpoint. Based on Punamiya's complaint, a magistrate had earlier directed police to initiate criminal process against Essa.