Overview

• A Supreme Court bench of Justices M. M. Sundaresh and N. Kotiswar Singh ordered Gawli’s release on bail during the pendency of his appeal.
• The court noted he has been incarcerated for more than 17 years and is of advanced age.
• Gawli is serving a life sentence for the 2007 murder of Shiv Sena councillor Kamlakar Jamsandekar.
• He was convicted by a Mumbai sessions court in 2012, which also imposed a Rs 17 lakh fine, and the Bombay High Court upheld the verdict in 2019.
• The order permits the state to seek cancellation if bail terms are breached, as Maharashtra opposed release citing multiple cases and remission policy issues.