Thane court sentences two men to 7 years RI in 2015 attempt to murder case

A Thane court sentenced two men to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for stabbing and injuring a man over a financial dispute in 2015 reported news agency PTIAdditional sessions judge Abhay N Sirsikar sentenced Maulabaksh Mehandihasan Mansuri 57 and Rajji Ahmed Nabibaksh Mansuri 47 and imposed a fine of Rs 1000 eachA copy of the order passed on November 14 was made available on ThursdayAdditional public prosecutor Rashmi Kshirsagar informed the Thane court that the attack occurred on the night of March 26 2015 when the victim Kamruddin and his younger brother Sultan confronted the accused in a public place in Thanes Rabodi locality reported PTIKamruddin sought Rs 8 lakh that his father had given to Maulabaksh for an investment with a promise of monthly interest which was never paid she saidDuring the altercation Maulabaksh allegedly pulled out a knife and assaulted the victim with the help of his brotherinlaw The victim sustained stab wounds to his stomach and chin reported PTIA case was reported under sections 307 attempted murder 504 intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace and 506 2 criminal intimidation of the Indian Penal CodeThe defence counsel urged the court to show leniency citing that this was their first offence However the court deemed the gravity of their actions too severe to warrant any leniencyThane court acquits man of daughterrsquos kidnap and murderIn October a sessions court in Maharashtrarsquos Thane district has acquitted a 34yearold man facing charges for the kidnap and murder of his eightyearold daughter nearly three years ago citing lack of evidence In his order dated October 10 a copy of which was made available on Thursday Principal District and Sessions Judge S B Agrawal held that the prosecution had failed to back its claims against Anis Mohammad Khan MaldarAs per the prosecution Maldar was addicted to gambling and would often have minor disagreements with his wife When his wife was at a hospital on December 3 2021 she received a call from her husband shortly after midnight saying he had killed their daughter Mahira Advocate Sagar R Kolhe who represented Maldar successfully argued that there were inconsistencies in the prosecutionrsquos claimsldquoThere is no motive attributed to the accused for killing his daughterthe informant wife admitted that she used to have minor quarrels with the accused and that the accused loved Mahirardquo observed the judge The court also pointed to discrepancies in the accounts of the policemen who responded to the sceneldquoAs far as kidnapping is concerned admittedly the accused was the father of the victim and I fail to understand how an offence of kidnapping would be made out against the accusedrdquo the judge noted Acquitting Maldar the court held that the prosecution had failed to establish the charges against him beyond reasonable doubtWith inputs from PTI