Prosecution concludes evidence in Narendra Dabholkar murder case

The prosecution in the case of rationalist Dr Narendra Dabholkars murder has informed a special court here that it has concluded the evidence in the caseThe court has now sought the defence say on the prosecutions submission of the conclusion of evidence special public prosecutor Prakash Suryawanshi said on ThursdayAs a procedural part the prosecution on Wednesday submitted pursis a statement of fact before the court of Special Judge P P Jadhav stating they have concluded the evidence in the case and filed a final report of the summary of the entire investigation he saidDabholkar was shot dead while on a morning walk in Pune on August 20 2013The CBI had filed a chargesheet against five accused namely Virendra Sinh Tawde Sachin Andure Sharad Kalaskar Sanjeev Punalekar and Vikram BhaveIn the final report we mentioned that we have not filed a chargesheet against the other five accused Manish Nagori Vikas Khandelwal Amol Kale Rajesh Bangera and Amit Degvekar as there was no prosecutable evidence against them Suryawanshi saidThe Pune police arrested arms dealers Nagori and Khandelwal in November 2013 in connection with Dabholkars murder while the CBI arrested Kale Bangera and Degvekar in 2018 However all the five got default bail after the CBI failed to file a chargesheet against them in the 90day periodNagori and Khandelwal got the default bail as no one identified them during the test identification parade and no chargesheet was filed against them Besides the CBI did not file a chargesheet against Kale Bangera and Degvekar and in the final report we mentioned that no chargesheet was filed against these three accused as there was no evidence found against them Suryawanshi saidHe said the court has now sought the defence say on the prosecutions submission of the conclusion of the evidence and final reportAfter seeking the response from other side the process to record statements of the accused under CrPC 313 C will start and after the statements the court will ask the defence whether they want to produce any witnesses in the trialThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever