In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court has cancelled the bail granted by the Bombay High Court to gangster Chhota Rajan’s sentence in the 2001 Jaya Shetty murder case. During the hearing, a bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta observed, “If he has been convicted in four cases, why should the sentence of such a man in this case remain suspended?” The case relates to the murder of hotelier Jaya Shetty in 2001. A special court had convicted Chhota Rajan in May last year, sentencing him to life imprisonment for his involvement in the crime. Rajan had appealed against this verdict before the Bombay High Court. On October 23, 2024, the Bombay High Court suspended his sentence and granted him bail. However, the CBI challenged this decision in the Supreme Court, which has now reversed the High Court’s order.
