{
  "id": 19168945,
  "title": "Thane: 21 Acquitted In 2008 Case Of Clash During Dahi Handi Festivities, Attack On Police Personnel",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/thane-21-acquitted-in-2008-case-of-clash-during-dahi-handi",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-09T14:14:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/thane-21-acquitted-in-2008-case-of-clash-during-dahi-handi-festivities-attack-on-police-personnel"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a case from 2008 involving a clash between two Dahi Handi groups during festivities in Thane, a court has acquitted 21 individuals accused of attacking police personnel and damaging their vehicles. The incident occurred on August 25, 2008, at Tembhi Naka and Tower Naka in the city. The two groups involved were the Jai Jawan Govinda Group and the Mazgaon Govinda Group. During the clash, stones and bottles were thrown, leading to injuries among the police and damage to their vehicles. The police filed a case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including assaulting a public servant, rioting, unlawful assembly, and other offenses. However, in his order on Saturday, Additional Sessions Judge Pankaj A Patki ruled that the prosecution had failed to prove the accused persons' involvement in obstructing the police from performing their duties. Judge Patki acknowledged that over 1,000 people had assembled in the area on that day, making it crucial to accurately identify those responsible for the violence.",
  "summary": "Mumbai: A Thane court has acquitted 21 persons in a case from 2008 about a clash between two Dahi Handi groups, during which several police personnel sustained injuries and their vehicles were damaged. The incident had taken place on August 25, 2008, during Dahi Handi festivities held at Tembhi Naka and Tower Naka in the city. Two groups – Jai Jawan Govinda Group (Jogeshwari) and the Mazgaon…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}