The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court on April 5 gave a nod for a premature release of former mafia and gangster turned politician, Arun Gulab Gawli. Mr. Gawli is serving life imprisonment in Nagpur Central Jail.
A division Bench of judges comprising Justice Vinay Joshi and Justice Vrushali Joshi have allowed the criminal re-petition filed by Mr. Gawli challenging rejection of his claim to be released prematurely in view of government notification dated January 10, 2006.
Mr. Gawli’s advocate Mir Nagman Ali told The Hindu, “The application preferred by Arun Gulab Gawli was rejected by the respondents on the count that the State government had come up with a fresh notification dated December 1, 2015, by which a convict under the MCOCA act was held entitled to the benefit of said policy decision.”
