Supreme Court grants Chhota Rajan two weeks to reply on CBI plea in 2001 Murder Case
Chhota Rajan allegedly killed the owner of Golden Crown Hotel in South Mumbai because he refused to pay a ransom amount.;
Supreme Court has granted two weeks to Chhota Rajan for filing his response on a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation challenging the order granting him bail and suspending his sentence in the Jaya Shetty Murder Case.
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta has listed the matter after two weeks now.
In October 2024, a division bench of the Bombay High Court comprising Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice PK Chavan had allowed an appeal against the order of the Special Court convicting Rajan for the murder of Shetty and sentencing him to life imprisonment.
Jaya Shetty, the owner of the Golden Crown Hotel in South Mumbai, was allegedly killed because he refused to pay a ransom amount. After the shooting, the hotel staff managed to catch hold of one of the attackers.
The Special MCOCA Judge AM Patil had convicted Chhota Rajan of murder under Section 302 and criminal conspiracy under Section 120B of the IPC. The Sessions Court had also convicted co-accused Ajay Mohite, Pramod Dhonde, and Rahul Pansare in the case.
Rajan then moved the Bombay High Court challenging his conviction. Simultaneously, he filed an application seeking the suspension of his sentence.
The division bench of the high court allowed the application and granted him bail, pending the hearing of his appeal before the court. “Execution of sentences allowed by the special court in MCOCA case stands suspended pending the appeal,” the bench had said.
Case Title: CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, NEW DELHI vs. RAJENDRA SADASHIV NIKALJE @ CHHOTA RAJAN @ NANA SHETH @ SIR & ANR.