2008 THEFT CASE: THANE COURT ACQUITS 3 PERSONS CHARGED UNDER MCOCA

A court in Mumbai’s Thane district has recently acquitted 3 persons accused of a theft in 2008 and charged under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, giving them the benefit of doubt.

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In the order passed on November 1, special MCOCA court judge Amit M Shete held that the prosecution that has failed to prove the charges against the 3 accused, Shabbir Haroon Shaikh (34), Mahesh Anand Hegade (44) and Aana @ Anwar Rashid Shaikh (30).

The prosecutor told the court that accused allegedly broke into a general store in Naupada area of Thane city between December 27 and 29, 2008 and stole goods from the shop.

The prosecution stated, they were habitual criminals and hence also booked under the MCOCA.