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In the case of Nirmala Bai Devidas Chavhan versus State of Maharashtra, the Supreme Court upheld the acquittal of twenty individuals in a murder case on 4 August 2026. The Court determined that the prosecution's case was fatally undermined by unsealed forensic recoveries and identical, stereotyped eyewitness testimonies that suggested the witnesses were tutored.
The Supreme Court granted bail to alleged gangster Gaurav Lakade in connection with a 2021 murder and organized crime case. The court cited prolonged incarceration as the primary reason for the relief.
The CBI's prosecution of gangster Chhota Rajan for the 2001 murder of Mumbai hotelier Jaya Shetty. A special court in Mumbai sentenced him to life imprisonment on 30 May 2024; in September 2025 the Supreme Court cancelled the bail the Bombay High Court had granted him while his appeal is pending.
Arun Gawli was convicted by a special MCOCA court on 24 August 2012 for the 2007 murder of Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar, and the Bombay High Court upheld this conviction on 10 December 2019. The Supreme Court of India granted bail to Arun Gawli on 28 August 2025, overturning a previous denial of his plea as reported on 20 February 2025.
In the 2013 Sonai triple murder case, a Nashik sessions court sentenced six men to death in January 2018 for the murder of three Dalit men in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. Following a 2021 Supreme Court stay on the execution of the death penalty, the Supreme Court delivered its final judgment regarding the convicts' appeals on 10 February 2025.
Chandrabhan Sanap was originally convicted and sentenced to death by a trial court for the 2014 rape and murder of a woman in Mumbai, a decision upheld by the Bombay High Court in 2018. On 28 January 2025, the Supreme Court of India set aside this conviction and acquitted him, citing significant gaps in the prosecution's evidence.
The CBI is investigating the murder of RTI activist Satish Shetty, following the submission of a closure report in the special court on 18 April 2018. The victim's family has formally opposed the move to close the investigation against several individuals. As reported on 31 August 2023, a Supreme Court bench led by Justice Abhay S. Oka directed that notices be issued regarding the CBI's closure report.
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