Special Court of Mumbai holds Praveen Mahajan guilty of murdering veteran BJP leader Promod Mahajan . The Session Judge S. P. Davare adjudged Praveen guilty of commiting serious crime and forcing entry into house without permission. The Court is likely to read out the sentence on Tuesday.
A case under Sec 302, 449 was registered against Praveen Mahajan. The veteran BJP leader Pramod Mahajan was reported to have been shot dead by his brother Praveen Mahajan at his residence on April 22 2006.
The Police had filed charge sheet last year in JULY. Before hearing the Prosecutor had advanced a list of 58 witnesses before the court and had demanded a death penalty during argument. The Prosecution had produced wife of Promod Mahajan, daughter Poonam Mahajan, sister and brother-in-law Gopinath Munde as witnesses whereas the wife of Praveen Sarangi and Computer Experts were produced by the Defense.
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