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Hindustan Times
29-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
Two get life imprisonment for killing man in 2017
Thane, A Thane court has sentenced two persons to life imprisonment in a case of murder of a grocer and bid to kill his wife after trespassing into their shop in 2017. Special Judge Amit M Shete, in the order on May 26, acquitted the two accused of charges under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, but convicted them under the Indian Penal Code sections 302 , 307 , 460 and 34 . A copy of the order was made available on Thursday. According to the prosecution, the two accused Ramashish alias Ashish Rajendra Patel and Sagar Dnyaneshwar Katale entered Suresh Gupta's grocery shop in Bhiwandi town here on the night of January 26, 2017 while he and his wife Sunita Gupta were sleeping. The woman testified that her husband confronted the intruders and she raised an alarm. At that point, one of the assailants stabbed her husband in the stomach. He then stabbed her also in her abdomen and both the assailants then fled. The man was taken to the IGM Hospital, Bhiwandi, where he was declared dead on arrival while his wife received treatment for her injuries. During the investigation, the MCOCA provisions were invoked due to the accused's alleged previous criminal records. But judge Shete observed there was no material brought on record from which it could be said that the accused persons indulged in an organised crime syndicate. At the most, from the available record, it can be said the accused rather indulged in committing offences like theft and robbery, the court said. Judge Shete further said "the evidence, so brought on record by the prosecution, stands firmed and compels to hold the accused guilty of the offence of lurking house-trespass by night, committing murder, attempt to commit murder of the informant with the common intention." The court also imposed a collective fine of ₹80,000 on the accused and directed that ₹70,000 from it be paid to the informant and/or the heirs of the deceased.
Time of India
12-05-2025
- Time of India
Man accused of running fake currency racket acquitted
Thane: Observing that mere presence at a site is insufficient to establish possession or ownership, a sessions court recently acquitted a resident of Kausa, Mumbra, who was accused of running a counterfeit currency racket from a shop in per the prosecution, police found 115 fake notes of Rs 500 denomination and several tools used for counterfeiting at a shop. Adil Amjad Mansuri , who was present at the site, was assumed to have been operating the shop and arrested. But the prosecution failed to submit any ownership document or tenancy record linking him directly to a panch witness turned hostile and another witness said he was under the impression he was called only to take photos. No CCTV footage or independent proof of the raid was presented. Additional sessions judge Amit M Shete also raised concerns over the prosecution's failure to produce all 115 counterfeit notes; only a sample of four notes was sent for analysis. —Nishikant Karlikar
