Four Sentenced To Life Imprisonment For Murder Of Shiv Sena Leader Mohan Raut In 2014

Shiv Sena leader Mohan Raut was gunned down at his office on the night of May 23, 2014. He was rushed to Dhanvantari Hospital and later to AIMS Hospital in Dombivli, where he was declared dead.

A Thane court sentenced four individuals to life imprisonment for the 2014 murder of Shiv Sena leader Mohan Raut. (Representational Image)

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Thane, Jun 21 (PTI) A court in Maharashtra's Thane district has sentenced four persons to life imprisonment for the murder of Shiv Sena leader Mohan Raut in 2014.

Additional special judge A N Sirsikar convicted the accused of charges under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code but dismissed charges under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOC Act) and Arms Act.

A copy of the order, dated June 18, was made available on Saturday.

The court also acquitted three others in the case.

The court sentenced Chandrakant alias Pintya Balaram Mhaskar (39), Gangaram alias Gangya Atmaram Linge (44), Yogesh Narayan Raut (45), and Ajay alias Ajya Gajanan Gurav (37) to life imprisonment, and imposed a fine of Rs 5,000. Defaulting the payment will attract three months of rigorous imprisonment.

Mohan Raut, the deputy chief of the Shiv Sena's Badlapur City unit, was gunned down at his office on the night of May 23, 2014. He was rushed to Dhanvantari Hospital and later to AIMS Hospital in Dombivli, where he was declared dead.

The judge, while dismissing charges against the accused under the MCOCA, noted that the existence of an organised crime syndicate was not proved.

"Although the offence is committed in a brutal manner, in my opinion, it cannot be termed as a rarest of rare case," the judge noted.

The court acquitted Nilesh alias Nitya Bapu Jadhav (38), Pravin Parshuram Morge (44), and Ramesh Baban Masne (43) of all charges due to insufficient evidence. 

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