A Dahanu court on Thursday remanded 32 out of the newly arrested accused in the Palghar lynching case in judicial custody for 15 days, while it would hear the bail pleas of the remaining 18 accused on Friday.
A day after the the Maharashtra Crime Investigation Department (CID) named 208 more as accused and arrested 50 of them in connection with the April 16 2020 Palghar lynching case, Dahanu’s Judicial Magistrate M. V. Jawale sent 32 to judicial custody for 15 days, while he said that he would hear the bail pleas of the remaining 18 arrested accused on Friday.
In a simultaneous development, Thane’s Court Special Sessions Judge P. P. Jadhav deferred the hearing of the bail pleas of 62 other accused till November 3.
Appearing for the state, Special Public Prosecutor Satish Maneshinde sought the presence of the three Investigating Officers in the three cases and the production of first information reports before the court. After hearing SSP’s submission, Judge Jadhav scheduled the next hearing for November 3.
With the naming of 208 new accused in the case on Wednesday, the number of persons named in the Palghar lynching case has gone up to 366, including 11 juveniles. Of the 208 freshly named accused, the State CID arrested 50 persons on Wednesday.
In all, the bail pleas of 62 accused, including 50 of those arrested on Wednesday, will be produced before Special Sessions Judge P. P. Jadhav at Thane Sessions Court.
Of the 366 accused in the case, 28 adults and 9 juveniles were released on a default bail as the CID charge sheet did not specify their exact involvement in the crime owing to lack of evidence.
On July 16, this year, the state CID filed a comprehensive charge-sheets against the accused before a Dahanu court in connection with the April 16, 2020 Palghar lynching incident