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Background and Summary of the Case:- (Brief Summary of the Case)
Social, economic, political and educational status of the victims and criminals: -
The victims of this incident Mahadev Bansi Randive named as 1) Bhaiya alias Suraj Keshav Gore 2) Mahadev Dashrath Mane 3) Keshav Gore 4) Anil Kamble 5) Sajabai Kamble 6) Abhay Anil Kamble, all of these people for some reason deliberately tortured the deceased and his family by abusing them over the phone and by coming to his house, due to which the deceased got fed up of the atrocities and committed suicide. As per the statement of the deceased's nephew Nitin Chavan, they found the deceased's mobile phone in the same room where the deceased had hanged himself, in which a video was recorded by the deceased, taking the names of all these accused, saying that he was committing suicide because of the atrocities committed by the accused.
II. Summary of Fact Finding:
Background and Summary of the Case:- (Brief Summary of the Case)
Social, economic, political and educational status of the victims and criminals: -
The victim in the incident is 14 years old. She belongs to the A caste. Since the victim's father has passed away, she lives with her mother Laxmi and brother Pratik and studies in the 8th grade. The victim's mother and brother work as laborers in the fields. Their family survives on the income they earn.
Accused Babu alias Murari Shankar Patil belongs to Maratha (upper caste) living in the same village. On the day of the incident, the victim's brother Pratik had gone to Pandharpur three days ago. So he had told his cruel friend Murari about feeding his cows. So he came to feed the cows and saw that the victim was alone at home. Her mother had also gone to work in the fields. So taking advantage of this, the accused raped the victim. And threatened to kill the victim's mother if she told anyone and ran away. Thinking that something wrong has happened to her, the victim cut the veins of her hand with a blade. When her mother asked on coming home, she told her mother about the type of atrocity that happened to her. Since her mother was alone, the victim came to the police station with her mother along with some known people of the village and registered an FIR of the incident on the second day of the incident.
Social, Economic, Political and Educational Status of the Victims and Accused:
The victim, Akash Bajrang Kamble, resides with his family, including his mother Laxmi, father Bajrang Tukaram Kamble and wife Tanisha, at Samata Nagar Slum, near Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Putla, Dombivli East. The family belongs to an economically weaker background and depends on daily earnings for their livelihood.
On 02/08/2024, Ashwin Bajrang Kamble had gone for his routine work as a rickshaw driver. After returning home for lunch, he resumed his work at around 4:30 p.m. At approximately 7:30 p.m., he was attacked with a sharp weapon in front of Trimurti Enterprises and succumbed to his injuries.
During the fact-finding inquiry, it was revealed that the accused, Sunil Gopal Kamble, allegedly committed the murder of Ashwin Bajrang Kamble due to a previous dispute and longstanding enmity. The incident is reported to have occurred as a result of the accused holding a grudge over the earlier quarrel.
Background and Summary of the Incident: (Brief Summary of the Case) Social, Economic, Political, and Educational Status of Victims and Accused: - In the incident, the deceased Santosh Deorao Pawar, who was a Talathi by profession, was on duty in Sajja Bori Sawant Adgaon. And the accused in the murder, Pratap Jagannath Karale, is a farmer living in the same village.
On the day of the incident, the deceased Santosh Pawar and his colleagues, who are eyewitnesses to the incident and also the complainants, Balaji Shivajirao Iware, were both working together. Around 12:00 PM, Pratap Karale came there and asked Santosh Pawar, "What did you say to me on WhatsApp?" Pawar replied, "I said what you said." He immediately threw chili powder brought from his pocket on them.
While Santosh Pawar was trying to defend himself, Karale stabbed Santosh Pawar forcefully in his right side and chest with a knife he had, and continued stabbing him. Due to these deep wounds, Santosh Pawar died.
His colleague Balaji Shivaji Iware states that Pratap Karale suspected that Santosh Pawar was transferring his land to his relatives. It was regarding this matter that he repeatedly quarrelled with Santosh Pawar.
On 14/07/2022 at about 23:30 hrs, Taramati Ashok Suryavanshi, aged 36 years, resident of Sayyad Nagar, Pune, originally from Parli, District Beed, was declared dead at Sassoon Hospital, Pune. The case was initially investigated by PSI Saurabh Mane under Accidental Death Register No. 277/2022 (CrPC 174) and later handed over to PSI Sushil Damre, Hadapsar Police Station, for further investigation.
The inquest panchnama conducted at Sassoon Hospital revealed multiple injuries, with the medical opinion confirming that such injuries could have resulted from a railway accident. Investigation revealed that the deceased had been in an extramarital relationship with one Vikrant Dashath Jagtap since 2016 and had been living with him after leaving her husband, Ashok Suryavanshi. It was found that Vikrant Jagtap frequently assaulted, abused, and mentally harassed Taramati, sometimes denying her food, and they often quarrelled over petty issues.
On an earlier occasion, she had attempted suicide by jumping from Vikrant's autorickshaw. On the date of incident, due to continuous physical and mental harassment by Vikrant Jagtap, Taramati allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a train. Based on witness statements, medical reports, and legal opinion, it was concluded that Vikrant Dashath Jagtap had abetted the suicide, leading to the registration of offences under Sections 306, 323, 504, and 506 of the