NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed bail to 'gangster' and former Maharashtra MLA, Arun Gawali and others in a 2007 case related to murder of Mumbai Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar.
A bench of Justice M M Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh granted him and others bail after the appellants have been in jail for the last 18 years.
"We have been informed that the appellants have been incarcerated for nearly 18 years. Taking into consideration that the appellants have been incarcerated for a period of almost 18 years, we are inclined to grant bail to them," the bench said.
Accordingly, court directed for release of the appellants on bail, during the pendency of the appeals, on such terms and conditions as may be imposed by the trial court.
The court fixed the appeal for consideration in the month of February, 2026.
However, the bench granted liberty to the respondents State to file an appropriate application for cancellation of bail, if the appellants were found to be violating either the conditions imposed by the trial court or are found to be involved in any other offence.
Gawli, now 73, was undergoing life imprisonment for the 2007 murder of Mumbai Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar.
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