New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to grant bail to the nephew of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim in a 2019 case registered against him for alleged threats issued to a builder under the law to curb organized crime - Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 8 (ANI): Maharashtra Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnvais on Tuesday alleged that the special public prosecutor of the state government has been planning a conspiracy against BJP leaders and urged Vidhan Sabha Speaker for Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigation into the matter.
Thane Aug 30 PTI The district court here in Maharashtra has acquitted four persons being tried under the stringent MCOCA for alleged armed dacoity for want of evidence The special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act court judge VY Jadhav on Saturday held that the prosecution failed to prove the charges against the four persons and they need to be acquitted According to the prosecution five persons armed with firearms and other weapons had barged into the office of an investment firm at Anjur Phata in Bhiwandi in the Thane district on February 18 2010 They beat up the staff and looted Rs 1559500 cash six mobile phones and a gold chain Defence counsel told the court that the four persons booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and MCOCA were wrongly implicated in the case and the police investigation is riddled with lapses The judge gave the benefit of doubt to the accused and set them free Another person named in the armed dacoity case will be tried later as charges against him are different PTI COR NSK NSK