The Centre today told the Supreme Court that the Italian marines who killed two Indian fishermen in February this year did not enjoy any diplomatic immunity and are liable to be prosecuted in the country under Indian penal laws.They have been charged with killing two Indian fishermen in February this year.

Appearing before a bench of justices Altamas Kabir and J Chelameshwar, Additional Solicitor General Gourab Banerjee said the two armed marines do not enjoy any diplomatic immunity unlike other diplomats and embassy staffers.The court was hearing a petition filed by the Italian government and its two marines, challenging the May 29 order of the Kerala High Court, which had held that the duo – Chief Sargent Massimiliano Lattore and Sargent Salvatore Girone were liable to be tried by an Indian court.