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A peculiar tribunal successful Mumbai connected Saturday (June 20, 2026) acquitted erstwhile Maharashtra Home Minister Padamsinh Patil and 7 others successful the 2006 execution lawsuit of Maharashtra Congress person Pawanraje Nimbalkar and his driver.
Special CBI tribunal Judge Satyanaryan Navandar said the prosecution failed to beryllium the concatenation of conspiracy.
The prosecution chiefly relied connected the grounds of the accused-turned-approver Parasmal Jain. However, the tribunal recovered his grounds doubtful and discarded it, saying it did not beryllium the concatenation of events.
Mr. Patil, a erstwhile NCP MP and stepbrother of Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar, and 7 different accused faced the execution trial.
Pawanraje Nimbalkar’s lad Omprakash Raje Nimbalkar is presently a Lok Sabha subordinate from the Shiv Sena (UBT).
On June 3, 2006, Pawanraje Nimbalkar and his driver, Samad Kazi, were connected their mode from Mumbai to Osmanabad (now Dharashiv) erstwhile 2 hitmen intercepted their car astatine Kalamboli successful Navi Mumbai and opened fire, sidesplitting some of them connected the spot.
The Navi Mumbai constabulary initially probed the case, but the Bombay High Court aboriginal transferred it to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) aft Pawanraje Nimbalkar’s woman expressed dissatisfaction implicit the advancement of the investigation.
Mr. Patil was arrested successful June 2009 aft the cardinal probe bureau took implicit the case. However, a sessions tribunal successful Alibaug (Raigad district) granted him bail successful September that year.
Besides Mr. Patil, the different accused successful the lawsuit see Latur-based businessman Satish Mandade, retired authorities excise inspector Mohan Shukla and the shooters.
As per the CBI, Mr. Patil, the premier accused successful the case, is alleged to person hatched the transgression conspiracy and paid the declaration wealth to destruct his relative Pawanraje Nimbalkar owed to aggravated governmental and concern rivalry.
The prosecution alleged that Parasmal Jain initially accepted the declaration of Rs 30 lakh from Mohan Shukla and Satish Mandade to termination Pawanraje Nimbalkar. He was aboriginal granted a pardon and turned approver against the different accused.
The lawsuit proceedings began successful July 2011. During the 15-year-long trial, the peculiar tribunal examined arsenic galore arsenic 128 witnesses, including anti-corruption activistic Anna Hazare.
Hazare’s sanction came up successful the lawsuit aft Jain’s confession that Mr. Patil had simultaneously fixed a declaration to destruct the activist.
Hazare had testified astir receiving threats from Mr. Patil.
