Overview

• A special CBI court granted bail to underworld don Chhota Rajan in a 2009 attempted murder case involving ex-Shiv Sena leader Ajay Bhosale.
• The court noted that Rajan’s custody was no longer required for the trial, which has already examined 23 witnesses.
• The case stems from a property dispute between two Pune-based brothers, with one allegedly hiring Rajan to target Bhosale, who was mediating the feud.
• Bhosale survived the 2009 shooting in Pune, but his driver was injured; the case was transferred to the CBI in 2015 after Rajan’s extradition from Indonesia.
• Public interest in the case resurfaced due to links between the accused and the grandfather of the teen involved in the 2024 Pune Porsche crash.