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‘Court’s Apology For Delaying Murder Trial Not Of Any Help To Accused Languishing In Jail For Over 5 Years’: Bombay HC

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Mumbai: Granting bail to a murder accused, the Bombay High Court has observed that the trial court’s apology was ‘not of any succour’ to the man who had been incarcerated for five years. It noted that the trial in the case had not commenced one and a half years after a court directive. 

Justice Bharati Dangre, on December 18,  granted bail to one Jahid alias Javed Liyakat Ansari, who was arrested by Rabale MIDC Police station on September 2, 2018, in a murder case. He filed bail plea through advocates Syed Asif Abbas Naqvi and Amreen Sheriff.

‘Sorry state of affairs’

The HC, on December 11, had expressed displeasure over the “sorry state of affairs” as trial against Ansari had not commenced and sought explanation from the trial judge. “With a heavy heart and with great regret, I must note that the judicial system has probably forgotten about this applicant,” Justice Dangre said. The report was submitted by Court of District Judge and Additional Sessions Judge, Belapur Amit M Shete giving a ‘number of reasons’ for the trial not concluding. It said that the accused was not produced until March 10 this year and the case was transferred to Belapur sessions court division on April 6. The case was then adjourned on eight dates during which the accused was nor produced by the Taloja jail authorities. This was brought to the notice of the presiding officer, the report added. 

Trial judge’s explanation over delay

The trial judge also gave a ‘long explanation’ on his efforts to deal with pending cases, as his court handles four police stations. Besides, he was also busy with remand cases under the MCOC Act, remands by the CBI and ACB, in addition to completing the time bound/expedited trials. 

Trial judge tendered a sincere and unconditional apology for not Ansari’s pending trial. “The apology, in whatever manner offered to this court, in my opinion, is not of any succour to the accused before me,” Justice Dangre remarked.

“Down the line, it is the end of the year 2023, but the position has not improved at all and the trial has not moved an inch ahead,” the judge said. Since the concerned trial court was “embroiled” with several time-bound matters and was not able to take up this trial any further, Justice Dangre said that she was “left with no other option than to secure his release on bail, as he cannot be incarcerated indefinitely as an under-trial prisoner and speedy trial is recognised as part of Article 21 (right to personal liberty) of the Constitution”. “Ultimately this is the only answer, which the judicial system can offer to an accused who was not produced for so called inadvertence”. 

Ansari has been granted bail on furnishing a personal bond of ₹25,000.

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No one’s father has India, MLA Abu Asim Azmi takes a dig at Nitesh Rane

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Mumbai: Maharashtra Samajwadi Party leader and MLA Abu Asim Azmi has expressed his anger over Nitesh Rane statement and has given a befitting reply and said that no one’s father has India. He said that Nitesh Rane constantly shows provocations and no action is taken against him. Many cases have been registered but no action is taken. Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid are in jail but they are free. They did not show any provocation. The Supreme Court has directed strict action against hate speech but why does the government not take action against such elements who spread hatred.

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New details emerge in investigation into Mumbai Rohit Arya encounter… Rohit had asked for videos from Marathi artists and selected 80 children

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Mumbai: was shaken by the hostage drama at the Mumbai RA studio. Rohit Arya had taken young children hostage at the studio in Powai for the money owed. The police successfully rescued them, but Rohit Arya was killed in an encounter. Several Marathi artists will be questioned in this case, and the Human Rights Commission has also taken notice of it. New revelations are coming out every day in the hostage case.

‎Rohit Arya encounter Investigations are also underway about the ‘artists’ who met Rohit Arya.
‎Last week, on Thursday, October 30, there was a big commotion in Mumbai in the afternoon. Some young children and senior citizens were taken hostage at the Mumbai RA. After the work done for the education department, a person named Rohit Arya had called some children for an audition for payment of dues and he made several demands while holding some children hostage. After this, the police entered the washroom and rescued a total of 19 people, including 17 children. And during the encounter, Rohit Arya was shot dead.

This hostage drama has shaken not only Mumbai but the entire Maharashtra and new revelations are being made in this case every day. The post-mortem report of Rohit Arya, who was killed in the encounter, has also come out recently. The post-mortem report confirmed that Rohit Arya died due to bullet injuries. The report says that given the nature of the bullet, there was no chance of his survival.
Meanwhile, another revelation has been made in this case. RA Studio in Powai, where this hostage drama Rohit Arya conducted some auditions, was visited by some famous actors of the Marathi world. Many actors like senior actor Girish Oak, actress Urmila Kothare, Manal Kapoor, Swapnil Joshi, Teja Pradhan, Ankash Joshi were present in the studio. Now in this matter, those actors who were in contact with Rohit or were going to participate in the shooting will also be questioned. The Human Rights Commission has taken serious notice of the Rohit Arya encounter case and a committee has been appointed to investigate. In this matter, the artists who went to RA Studio and met Rohit Arya will also be questioned. It has been said that the statements of everyone who was in contact with Rohit Arya will be recorded. According to the information received, Rohit had made a lot of preparations before implementing the plan to take children hostage in the studio. He asked for videos of hundreds of child artists for the short film and selected 80 of them. After that, he organized a four-day workshop for 35, 20 and finally 17 child artists. According to the information received, during these four days, artists Manal Kapoor, Swapnil Joshi, Teja Shri Pradhan, Ankash Joshi had visited the studio and returned, so now all these artists will be questioned.

‎Rachita Jadhav was also contacted.
‎It has been told that actress Rachita Jadhav was also invited to the same Raw studio. Rohit pretended that he wanted to do a film and an audition was held for her. Under the same conspiracy, he also contacted actress Rachita Jadhav. He called her, I am doing a film, he asked if you will work in it. When she agreed, he called her to the studio, and he also arranged a meeting. However, at the same time, due to a medical emergency at Ruchita’s house, she told that she could not come to the studio. Hence, Rohit and Ruchita did not meet.

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Maharashtra Polls 2025 To Be Held On December 2, Counting Of Votes On December 3

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Mumbai: The State Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare on November 4 announced the dates for the long-awaited Maharashtra Polls 2025. While addressing the press conference, the SEC said that the local body polls will be held on December 2 while the couting of votes will be held on December 3. The results for the Nagar Parishads and Nagar Panchayat will be declared on December 10.

According to the SEC, polls dates were announced for all local bodies , except for the 29 municipal corporations. The dates were announced for 246 Nagar Parishads and 42 Nagar Panchayat. The nomination process for the polls will begin on November 10.

The high-stakes polls will be against the ruling Mahayuti consisting of BJP, Shinde’s Sena and Ajit Pawar’s NCP vs the Mahayuti (consisting of UBT Sena, Sharad Pawar’s NCP and Congress). In addition to this, MNS is also set to join hands with the MVA for the polls. For the municipal council and nagar panchayat elections, there are one crore sixty lakh voters and 13,155 polling stations

The last BMC elections were held in 2017 and since then, the elections were not been held. In 2017, the elections were held in a single held on February 21 while results were announced on February 23.

Off all the 227 seats, the United Shiv Sena won 84 seats while BJP won 82 seats. Both the parties were in alliance during that time. The Congress had won 31 seats while the united NCP secured 13 seats. Raj Thackeray’s MNS had won 7 seats.

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