Today, On 20th February, The Supreme Court rejected the bail plea of gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli in a 2007 murder case. Gawli, who is serving a life sentence, had sought bail citing health issues. The court ruled that there were no sufficient grounds for his release. This decision upholds previous lower court rulings denying him bail.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court denied bail to gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli on Thursday, who is currently serving a life sentence for his involvement in a murder case.
Gawli is imprisoned for the 2007 murder of Kamlakar Jamsandekar, a Shiv Sena corporator from Mumbai, and he asserts that he has followed to all conditions set forth in the 2006 remission policy.
A bench consisting of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and K. Vinod Chandran opted not to intervene with the Bombay High Court’s earlier decision to reject his bail application.
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On January 7, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court granted Arun Gawli a 28-day layoff.
Gawli had approached the Nagpur bench after his earlier request was denied by the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons for the East division in Nagpur.
Rising to prominence from Dagdi Chawl, a locality in Byculla, Gawli is the founder of the Akhil Bharatiya Sena and served as an MLA for the Chinchpokli seat in Mumbai from 2004 to 2009.
He was arrested in 2006 and subsequently tried for the murder of Kamlakar Jamsandekar. In August 2012, a sessions court in Mumbai sentenced him to life imprisonment in that case and imposed a fine of Rs.17 lakh.
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Gawli, serving a life sentence for the 2007 murder of Mumbai Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar, claims to have met all the requirements of the 2006 policy. He argues that his advanced age and medical certification of weakness make him eligible for remission.
Gawli, who rose to prominence from Dagdi Chawl in Byculla, is the founder of the Akhil Bharatiya Sena and served as an MLA from 2004-2009 for Mumbai’s Chinchpokli constituency.
He arrested in 2006 and tried for Jamsandekar’s murder. In August 2012, a Mumbai sessions court sentenced him to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 17 lakh.