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Gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli walked out of Nagpur Central Jail on Wednesday, days after the Supreme Court granted him bail in a 2007 murder case. Gawli, popularly known as ‘Daddy’, spent more than 17 years in jail. The 76-year-old was serving life imprisonment for the murder of Mumbai Shiv Sena Corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar. He was booked under the provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).

A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh delivered the verdict after they noted that Gawli was in jail for more than 17 years and the appeal was pending before the court. The apex court granted him bail on the terms and conditions imposed by the trial court. Earlier, he had challenged the Bombay High Court’s verdict.

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A trial court sentenced Gwali to life imprisonment and imposed a Rs 17 lakh fine. “After the completion of all legal formalities of the prisons department, Gawli came out of the jail around 12.30 pm,” an official told News18. The gangster-turned-politician was welcomed by his family members, lawyers and supporters.

He rose to prominence from Daddi Chawl in Byculla and is the founder of Akhil Bharatiya Sena. Gawli served as MLA Chinchpokli assembly constituency in Mumbai from 2004 to 2009.

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