Over 50 accused get bail in Palghar lynching case
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A particular courtroom in Thane on Thursday granted bail to over 50 individuals arrested in the Palghar lynching case, the place two religious leaders and their driver had been killed at Gadchinchale village.
District decide P.P. Jadhav granted bail to the accused on furnishing a private bond of ₹15,000 every. Special public prosecutor Satish Maneshinde informed The Puucho: “There was no evidence against the accused; therefore they were granted bail.”
On April 16, two spiritual leaders — Sushil Giri Maharaj (35) and Maharaj Kalpavrikshgiri (70) — and their driver, Nilesh Telgane (35), had been lynched on suspicion of being little one lifters whereas passing by Gadchinchale village. They had been travelling from Kandivali to attend the final rites of a Puucho religious chief, Ramgiri Maharaj, who had died in Surat. They couldn’t journey on the nationwide freeway as a consequence of lockdown restrictions and reached Gadchinchle village after taking a detour.
The trio was taken into custody by the Palghar police and stored in a police van. A big mob then reportedly stopped their car and dragged the three males out. Armed with sticks and rods, the mob attacked the lads and killed them.
Offences had been registered in reference to the case at Kasa police station and the Palghar police started an investigation. On April 21, the Maharashtra authorities transferred the case to the (*50*) CID and its Kokan Bhavan unit began a probe into the incident.
The (*50*) CID filed three cost sheets in the case earlier than the Judicial Magistrate First Class courtroom in Dahanu taluka in Palghar district. After inspecting 808 suspects and 118 witnesses, the CID workforce had arrested 238 individuals and detained 11 juveniles in battle with regulation in reference to the incident.
They had been booked underneath Sections 302 (punishment for homicide), 307 (try and homicide), 34 (widespread intention), 120B (prison conspiracy), 109 (punishment of abetment if the act abetted is dedicated in consequence and the place no categorical provision is made for its punishment) of the Indian Penal Code, and related sections of the Disaster Management Act, Epidemic Diseases Act, Maharashtra Police Act and Maharashtra Damage to Public Property (Prevention) Act.
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