The State Home Department in Maharashtra is gearing up for a significant overhaul of its top police leadership, including the position of Director General of Police (DGP) and Police Commissioners of Nagpur and Thane. The impending retirement of the current DGP, Rajnish Seth, on December 31 has prompted the department to commence the process of selecting his successor.A top rank official said that several prominent names have emerged as contenders for the esteemed position of State DGP. The frontrunner is Senior IPS Officer Rashmi Shukla, who currently serves as the Director General (DG) of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar is also a strong candidate for the role. Other notable contenders include Thane CP Jaijeet Singh, DG ATS Sadanand Date, DG Police Housing Sandeep Bishnoi, DG Railway Pradnya Sarvade, Additional Director of NIA Atulchandra Kulkarni, and DG State Security Corporation Bipin Kumar Singh, he said. He further stated that the State Home ...
The Division Bench of the Bombay High Court-Nagpur on Friday pronounced the Judgment in the sensational murder case of Mohd. Irshad and allows appeal of accused in the case.
Mohd. Irshad and Mohd. Ejaz were attacked in Akola town in July 2012. Mohd. Irshad was succumbed to the injuries as he was inflicted with 43 lethal injuries. On the basis of complaint lodged by the Mohd. Ejaz, Mohd. Munaf, his real brother and cousins were arrayed as accused.
The four arrested accused were put to trail and two more accused also surrendered after some time and they were also tried in the same trial. The complainant side was represented by the battery of lawyers from Akola including Adv. Navrangabadi, besides the public prosecutor Vinod Fate. The prosecution examined several witnesses including four alleged eye-witnesses who all supported the prosecution and named all the accused and identified the accused before the Court.
The then Additional District & Sessions Judge Akola, V N Tambi held them guilty for murder and had convicted the accused and sentenced them to suffer Life Imprisonment on March 30, 2016.
The accused ultimately moved the High Court in an appeal after their final conviction and the accused contended that the versions of the alleged eye witnesses could not be relied upon and even the presence of the said witnesses on the spot was suspect. The Division Bench consisting of Justice B.R. Gavai & Justice Kum. I. K Jain held the accused to be not guilty of the offences and thus set aside the Lifer imposed upon them at Trial while allowing the appeals.
Adv. Avinash Gupta assisted by Adv. R.K Tiwari, Aakash Gupta represented the accused at the Trial as well as in the high court. Adv. M.J. Khan APP represented the State. The complainant was represented by Adv. R.J. Mirza.
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