Bombay HC grants bail to gangster Chhota Rajan in 2001 Jaya Shetty murder case, suspends life sentence

The Jaya Shetty execution lawsuit was among the 71 cases that were handed implicit to the Central Bureau of Investigation aft Rajan was deported to India from Indonesia successful 2015.

In May, the peculiar tribunal nether the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act (MCOCA) convicted Rajan and awarded beingness imprisonment to him successful the case. This is Rajan’s 2nd beingness condemnation arsenic helium is serving a beingness condemnation for writer Jyotirmoy Dey execution lawsuit and helium has not got bail successful the same.

It is alleged that Shetty was killed for refusing to wage ransom amount. He had been provided with information screen by the Mumbai police, but it was withdrawn 2 months earlier his murder.

The manager of the edifice and different worker had managed to tally down the shooters and drawback 1 of them.

Special Judge A M Patil had held Rajan blameworthy of offences punishable nether conception 302 (murder) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code on with offences nether the MCOCA and the Arms Act.

Thereafter, Rajan moved the Bombay High Court with an entreaty challenging the conviction. On Wednesday, a part seat of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Prithviraj K Chavan passed a verdict and suspended the condemnation and granted bail to Rajan pending his entreaty successful HC.

“Execution of sentences allowed by the peculiar tribunal successful MCOCA lawsuit stands suspended pending the appeal,” the seat noted portion granting bail to him pending his appeal.

The peculiar tribunal had already convicted co-accused Ajay Mohite, Pramod Dhonde and Rahul Pansare successful the Shetty execution case.

Minutes aft the murder, Rajan’s adjacent adjutant Hemant Pujari, allegedly threatened the household to wage the ransom amount. He remains a wanted suspect.