Bombay HC grants bail to one more convict in Narendra Dabholkar murder case
The court also expressed serious doubts about the manner in which CBI got the accused identified by two witnesses
On Tuesday, the Bombay High Court granted bail to Sachin Andure, a convict in the Narendra Dabholkar murder case, suspending his life sentence pending appeal. The decision came from a division bench comprising Justice Sarang Kotwal and Justice Ranjitsinha Bhonsale. Andure is the second convict in this high-profile case to receive bail during the appeal process.
Earlier, on April 29, the court had granted bail to Sharad Kalaskar, one of the two gunmen who assassinated anti-superstition activist Dr Narendra Dabholkar in 2013. The High Court expressed concerns about the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) method of identifying the accused through photographs instead of a test identification parade.
Dr Dabholkar, the founder of Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti, was killed on August 20, 2013, near his Pune residence. The CBI later convicted Kalaskar and Andure for the murder, sentencing them to life imprisonment.
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