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Mum: Court grants bail to woman in POSCO case

Mumbai June 20 (UNI) A special POCSO court in neghbouring Kalyan city has granted bail to a woman Sakshi Gawli - the wife of the deceased accused Vishal Gawli, who allegedly raped and murdered a 13-year-old girl.
Sakshi was accused of assisting her husband in destroying evidence related to the crime. Vishal Gawli died by suicide in the toilet of Taloja Jail on April 13 this year, while in judicial custody.
While granting the bail, the court directed the accused not to hamper and tamper with the evidence available against her as well as other accused .
Gawli in her bail plea informed the court that her involvement was limited to disappearance of evidence, and that the rape and murder were committed solely by her husband Vishal.
The defence submitted that Sakshi was at her bank job at the time of the incident and returned home around 6 p.m., after which Vishal allegedly threatened her and forced her to help dispose of the girl's body.
It was also argued that the investigation of the case is over and the chargesheet had already been filed.
Prosecution stated that, based on the investigation so far, Sakshi had no role in the primary offence. “The murder was already committed before she arrived home,” the prosecutor argued. UNI AAA SSP
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