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The case stemmed from an incident on October 22, 2008, when a State Transport bus en route from Parali to Gangakhed was attacked close to Dharmapuri. Unknown people, reportedly shouting slogans “Raj Thackeray Zindabad” (Lengthy dwell Raj Thackeray) in help of Thackeray, pelted stones on the bus, damaging its entrance glass.
The bench noticed that the chargesheet didn’t point out Thackeray’s direct involvement within the alleged incident. It said, “Precise mischief or harm to public property can’t be on the premise of abetment, as a result of within the speech there couldn’t have been a selected path to the get together employees or followers that they need to go and trigger harm to public property. The charge-sheet additionally doesn’t comprise that such assertion was ever made by Thackeray and, due to this fact, it might be an abuse of strategy of legislation if he’s requested to face the trial.”
The prosecution alleged that the act was instigated by Thackeray’s provocative speech. Nevertheless, the court docket famous that Thackeray was not current throughout the incident and that the co-accused have been members of his political get together.
Initially, the police additionally included Thackeray as an accused, citing his speeches as the rationale for his followers’ actions. Nevertheless, the prosecution later centered solely on Part 109 of the Indian Penal Code, which pertains to abetment.
In 2008, Thackeray’s speeches allegedly sparked assaults on migrants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, resulting in his arrest by the state authorities. The arrest triggered additional protests throughout Maharashtra.
