Nagpur bench of Bombay HC extends Arun Gawli’s parole

The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court on Friday extended parole of convicted gangster Arun Gawli for 5 more days. The Court has directed him to get a travel permit from the police to surrender before Nagpur Central Jail.

Last week, Arun Gawli had appeared before Taloja prison in Navi Mumbai to surrender but the jail authorities refused his entry in view of COVID-19 pandemic, says his lawyer Mir Nagman Ali. 

Gawli, who is serving a life sentence in the 2007 Kamlakar Jamsandekar murder case,  was lodged at the Nagpur Central prison.

He was granted parole on March 13 to attend to his ailing wife Asha and was supposed to surrender on April 27.

The parole leave was, however, extended for a period of seven days due to the coronavirus-induced nationwide lockdown.

On May 8, the period was extended for another seven days and Gawli then approached HC seeking further extension till May 31.

On May 22, the court refused to grant him more time and directed Gawli to surrender at Taloja Prison in Navi Mumbai.