Overview

• Gawli was released from Nagpur Central Jail around 12:30 pm on September 3 and flew to Mumbai, where he reached his Dagdi Chawl residence to a large welcome that night.
• A Supreme Court bench of Justices M. M. Sundresh and N. Kotiswar Singh granted bail on August 28, leaving terms to the trial court and allowing respondents to seek cancellation for any violations or new offences.
• The 76-year-old has spent over 17 years in custody; the court noted the length of incarceration and his age while granting interim relief pending the long-delayed appeal.
• Gawli is serving a life sentence for orchestrating the 2007 murder of Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar, a conviction by a special MCOCA court in 2012 that was upheld by the Bombay High Court in 2019.
• Authorities deployed additional security for his release and transfer, and local coverage is debating possible implications for public order and politics following his return.