Supreme Court Cancels Chhota Rajan's Bail In 2001 Murder Case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday cancelled the bail of gangster Chhota Rajan, which was granted to him by the Bombay High Court in October 2024 in the 2001 murder of Jaya Shetty.
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Gangster Chhota Rajan faces multiple convictions including two murder charges. (File)
New Delhi:
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court revoked the bail previously granted to gangster Chhota Rajan by the Bombay High Court in October 2024 regarding the 2001 murder of Jaya Shetty.
Chhota Rajan, whose real name is Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje, had been sentenced to life imprisonment in May 2024 for the murder case. He had successfully appealed for bail from the High Court following his conviction.
The ruling came from a bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta, who were responding to a petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeking cancellation of Rajan's bail.
Additional Solicitor General (ASG) SV Raju, representing the CBI, informed the court that Rajan had been convicted in four separate cases, with two of them being murder charges.
The Supreme Court highlighted that Chhota Rajan had evaded law enforcement authorities for 27 years.
The defense counsel for Chhota Rajan argued that there was no evidence implicating his client in this particular case.
However, the Court determined that given Rajan's history of multiple convictions, it would not extend relief to him.
"The man has four convictions; why suspension of sentence for such a man?" the Supreme Court questioned Rajan's legal representative.
When presented with the argument that Rajan had been acquitted in numerous cases, the Court noted that these acquittals primarily resulted from witnesses refusing to testify against him. Consequently, the Court ordered the cancellation of Rajan's bail.