He shall also enjoy immunity from its civil and administrative jurisdiction'.

However, the diplomat and his family are protected under the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations which says diplomats 'shall enjoy immunity from the criminal jurisdiction of the receiving state. The women have also accused the diplomat's wife and daughter of harassment. The external affairs ministry has sought a report from police, and could step in if the police require to interrogate the diplomat, who has been accused by two Nepalese women of rape. In the current case relating to allegations of rape against a Saudi Arabian diplomat, police in Gurgaon said they will proceed in the case keeping in mind the Vienna Convention. This forms the legal basis for diplomatic immunity. The Vienna Convention deals with the privileges of a diplomatic mission and diplomats to perform their function without fear of coercion or harassment by the host country. In 2003, the then Senegalese envoy's son in New Delhi was accused of murdering his driver, but police could not pick him up for questioning as he was protected under the Vienna Convention that provides diplomatic immunity to serving diplomats and their immediate family.

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