However, the court has struck down certain provisions of MCOCA
Defence lawyer Harshad Nimbalkar pleaded that since she was not obstructing the investigation and made herself available for questioning, besides suffering from diabetes and being HIV positive, her's was a fit case of granting bail.
Telgi's wife surrenders in fake stamp scam case
A Bench comprising Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice B N Srikrishna passed the order, saying Dhariwal had cooperated with the Central Bureau of Investigation in its probe.
The accused have been charged under the MCOCA, IPC, Railways Act, Explosives Act, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Explosives Substances Act.
The gangster had given his phone numbers also, Joshi said.
Hours after Telgi pleaded guilty and repented his actions, Judge Chitra Bhedi of a special court pronounced the quantum of punishment under various sections of the IPC and the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act.
The counsel for Abu Salem contended that at the time of his extradition the Portugal government had mentioned that he would not be prosecuted under MCOCA.
Telgi alleged that he is being put to untold misery, tortured and poisoned slowly to death.
The accused has maintained since the beginning that he is neither the kingpin nor the main conspirator. During the arguments regarding consideration of charge, "some of the co-accused have also reiterated this," the lawyers said.
On September 29, 2008, a bomb explosion at 9:35pm opposite Shakil Goods Transport Company situated between Anjuman Chowk and Bhiku Chowk in Malegaon killed six persons and injured 101.
Abrar Ahmed, suspected of planting bombs in the textile town of Malegaon that killed 31 people on September 8, was arrested on Saturday by the Anti-Terrorist Squad.
With this, the number of arrests in the Malegaon case has risen to seven.
The prime accused in the multi-crore fake stamp-paper case Abdul Karim Telgi on Friday sought protection for his daughter from four co-accused held with him in jail, who, he claimed, may kidnap her.
It also extended the police custody of another accused after the Anti-terrorist Squad said it wanted to take him to Bangalore for a narco-analysis test.
A special court on Monday allowed the Anti-terrorism Squad to conduct narco analysis tests on three accused in July 11 train blasts case.
Two more suspects in the July 11 serial train blasts in Mumbai were on Thursday booked under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act.
Tabrez Telgi was again arrested on Tuesday in connection with a fake stamp paper scam in suburban Mulund.
The former Mumbai police commissioner has challenged his arrest under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act.
A court at Bhiwandi in Thane district of Maharashtra on Friday remanded Iqbal Kaskar, underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's brother, in the custody of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) for seven days to facilitate his questioning in a drugs case.
Shetty was shot dead by two alleged members of Rajan's gang on the hotel's first floor on May 4, 2001.
Younger brother Iqbal Hassan Ibrahim Shaikh has been charged in a case of alleged extortion and land grabbing.
He heard a firecracker-like sound while being asleep at his residence in Galaxy Apartments in the early hours of April 14, Khan told police.
Actor Jacqueline Fernandez on Monday arrived at the Patiala House court in the national capital in connection with the Rs 200 crores money laundering case involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar.
A Special MCOCA court said Telgi and three of his kin be taken to Belgaum under tight security, but they should not be allowed to stay overnight after the funeral.
Gangster Anmol Bishnoi had ordered the hit on Nationalist Congress Party leader Baba Siddique for his 'association with Dawood Ibrahim and involvement in the 1993 Bombay blasts', alleged main shooter Shivkumar Gautam in his confessional statement to the police.
Babanrao Tukaram Ranjane is accused of conniving with the syndicate of prime accused Abdul Karim Telgi in the fake stamp scam.
Police have charged Kaskar and two others under the Indian Penal Code and the Maharashtra Control for Organised Crime Act for evicting a woman from her house, which obstructed the Sara Shopping Centre in South Mumbai.
Financier Bharat Shah and two others, facing the charge of forging links with the underworld, had filed petitions challenging he provisions of MCOCA.
The stay was granted by designated Judge S M Shembole on a plea made by three accused that they wanted to appeal against the court's order in the high court.
The Supreme Court on Monday said it would like to examine the plea of the Maharashtra government, challenging the remission granted to gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli who is serving a life sentence in a murder case.
The Kerala police chief said the state police would also consider collaborating with the Union government in the research sector to address the security threats posed by drones.
Gangster Ejaz Lakdawala on Thursday brought the bottle and sought a mosquito net, but his plea was rejected by the sessions court.
The case took a twist when the defence lawyer sought to call Indian Mujahideen co-founder Sadiq Sheikh as a defence witness after he told the police in 2008 that IM members were responsible for all the blasts that had occurred in India since 2005 including the July 11, 2006 train blasts.
Quoting a dialogue on the villain Gabbar Singh from the Hindi blockbuster Sholay, the Supreme Court on Wednesday "confirmed" its earlier order staying the premature release of gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli who is serving life imprisonment in a murder case.
The police will also ask Kamble about who kept the threatening letter at a bench in Bandra area of Mumbai on Sunday, he said.
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed till further orders the premature release of gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli, who is serving life imprisonment in a murder case.
