HC grants furlough to gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli

March 03, 2016 14:37

Gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli has been granted furlough by the Nagpur bench of Bombay high court.

The bench, however, asked the state government to decide the duration of the furlough.

The former MLA, currently lodged in the Central Prison in Nagupr and serving life imprisonment in a murder case, had filed a petition before the bench on February 2 for grant of furlough.

A division bench of justices Bhushan Dharmadhikari and V M Deshpande granted him the furlough yesterday.

The petitioner claimed that there was no material on record to prove that he violated the provisions of furlough on earlier occasions. He also mentioned that he had not indulged in any illegal activity and had surrendered before the authorities on due date.

On October 14, 2015, Gawli had written to officiating Deputy Inspector General of Prisons, Eastern Region, Nagpur, Yogesh Desai, requesting furlough.

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