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The apex court granted bail to 76-year-old Gawli, who was serving life imprisonment for the murder of Mumbai Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar.
Arun Gawli walks out of Nagpur jail after 17 years.
Gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli walked out of the Nagpur Central Jail on Wednesday days with the Supreme Court granted him bail in a 2007 murder case, officials said. Gawli walked out of the prison after spending more than 17 years behind bars.
The apex court granted bail to 76-year-old Gawli, who was serving life imprisonment for the murder of Mumbai Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar.
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The decision was delivered by a bench of Justices MM Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh after they noted that Gawli was in jail for over 17 years and his appeal was pending before it.
“After the completion of all legal formalities of the prisons department, Gawli came out of the jail around 12.30 pm,” an official informed. The 76-year-old gangster-turned-politician was welcomed by his family members, lawyer and supporters.
Gawli was booked under the provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). The top court granted bail to Gawli subject to terms and conditions imposed by the trial court.
Gawli had earlier challenged the Bombay High Court’s December 9, 2019, verdict, upholding his life sentence given by the trial court.
He shot to prominence from Dagdi Chawl, a neighbourhood of Byculla, and is the founder of the Akhil Bharatiya Sena. He was an MLA from 2004 to 2009 from the Chinchpokli assembly constituency in Mumbai.
In August 2012, a sessions court in Mumbai sentenced him to life imprisonment in the case and imposed a Rs 17 lakh fine.
(With agency inputs)
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