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HC admits Arun Gawli plea against life sentence

The Bombay high court on Friday admitted an appeal filed by gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli against his conviction in a case of murder.

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The Bombay high court on Friday admitted an appeal filed by gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli  against his conviction in a case of murder. A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act  (MCOCA) court sentenced Gawli to life imprisonment for murdering Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar in 2008.

In his appeal, which was admitted by Justice Abhay Oka and Justice SS Jadhav, Gawli has contended that the sessions court’s verdict is bad in law and is based on non-application of mind.
He will soon be filing for bail as the appeal has been admitted by the high court, thus suspending the sentence and will take time to come up for hearing.

On August 24, Gawli, former MLA and 11 others were found guilty of murdering Jamsandekar in 2008. According to the chargesheet, a sum of Rs30 lakh had been paid to the Gawli gang to eliminate the Sena corporator over a land deal. Ten others were also awarded life imprisonment in the case.

Gawli has been in custody since his arrest in May 2008. On October 7, 2010, the court framed charges against Gawli and the other accused under MCOCA sections 302 (murder), 34 (common intention) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code. Gawli and the others had pleaded innocence.
 

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