Overview
- Justice Shivkumar Dige orally allowed bail for Virendrasinh Tawade, Amol Kale and Sharad Kalaskar, with the detailed order yet to be issued.
- Tawade and Kale are expected to walk free after furnishing fresh sureties, as the bench declined the Pansare family’s request to stay the order.
- Kalaskar will remain in custody due to his conviction in the Narendra Dabholkar murder case, for which his appeal is pending before the High Court.
- Six other accused received bail in January on grounds of long incarceration and slow trial progress, a parity argument cited by the defence.
- The ATS-led case continues with multiple supplementary chargesheets on record, 12 accused identified, nine arrested and two alleged shooters still absconding.