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The Additional Session Judge, Sessions Court, Mumbai, Shri
U.D.Salvi framed charges against Abdul Karim Telgi, Sanjay
Gaikward and Ram Ratan Soni on the basis of a charge-sheet
filed by the CBI in September last. Taken over from MRA Marg
Police Station, Mumbai, this case was investigated by CBI
on the order of the Supreme Court of India dated 15.3.2004.
CBI completed this investigation within a record time and
filed a chargesheet on 25.09.2004 under the various provisons
of Indian Penal Code and Bombay Stamp Act, 1958. After hearing
the arguments and counter arguments from both sides, the Court
today pronounced its decision to frame the charges on all
the three accused persons under various sections of IPC &
Bombay Stamp Act, 1958. The court has fixed the next date
as 16.4.2005 for prosecution evidence.
The trial of the case also witnessed innovative use of technology
when the trial court was connected to different jails through
Video Conferencing and arguments were conducted without the
actual physical presence of the accused in the court room.
While Sanjay Gaikwad and Ram Ratan Soni are presently lodged
in Arthur Road Central Jail, Mumbai, AKL Telgi is in judicial
custody in various cases in Yerwada Central Jail, Pune.
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