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Police rapped for lapses

MUMBAI: The police have received rap on the knuckles from the trial court for “shoddy investigation” into the Pramod Mahajan murder case, though the prosecution has managed to secure conviction for accused Pravin.

Pramod’s dying declaration and testimonies of his wife Rekha and servant Mahesh Wankhede were enough to convict his brother Pravin Mahajan, but Judge S. P. Davare has blamed the police for certain lapses, including their failure to record Pravin’s confession properly.

Pravin was awarded life imprisonment earlier this month.

The judgement, running into 390 pages, states that when Pravin went to Worli police station after shooting Pramod and confessed about the incident in April last year, he should have been taken to the Magistrate, as only a confessional statement given before a magistrate is admissible in the court of law. PTI

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