Bombay High Court orders premature release of gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli
9 months ago

Bombay High Court orders premature release of gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli

The Hindu  

The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court on April 5 gave a nod for a premature release of former mafia and gangster turned politician, Arun Gulab Gawli. A division Bench of judges comprising Justice Vinay Joshi and Justice Vrushali Joshi have allowed the criminal re-petition filed by Mr. Gawli challenging rejection of his claim to be released prematurely in view of government notification dated January 10, 2006. Mr. Gawli’s advocate Mir Nagman Ali told The Hindu, “The application preferred by Arun Gulab Gawli was rejected by the respondents on the count that the State government had come up with a fresh notification dated December 1, 2015, by which a convict under the MCOCA act was held entitled to the benefit of said policy decision.” Advocate Ali had argued that his client, Mr. Gawli would be entitled to benefit from the 2006 notification since he was convicted in the year 2009, and therefore, a subsequent notification which had come into force in the year 2015 would not have any applicability to Mr. Gawli. The State had registered the petition filed by Mr. Gawli on the ground that the 2015 notification specifically excludes the convict under MCOCA act from benefit of said policy. After hearing the advocates, Mr. Nagman Ali for Mr. Gawli and M.J. Khan for the State of Maharashtra, the division bench on Friday pronounced the judgement in holding that Mr. Gawli would be entitled to the benefit of the 2006 policy and he cannot be excluded from the benefit of policy by resorting to rule of ejusdem generis.

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