Nagpur: Additional Sessions Judge Ms S S Nagur on Friday adjourned the hearing on the revision petition filed by the Crime Branch seeking Police Custody Remand (PCR) of controversial Advocate Satish Uke (45) and his elder brother Pradeep (45), till October 31.
The activist lawyer Satish Uke and his brother were arrested by Unit-II of Crime Branch for allegedly grabbing land of a widow on the basis of forged and fake documents and outraging her modesty. The two accused brothers were also booked under the Arms Act.
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Uke brothers were in judicial custody after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had filed a money laundering case against them in Mumbai. According to ED investigators, the proceeds of the crime by Uke brothers in the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case was about Rs 38 crore. The ED had arrested them in the PMLA case after Ajni Police registered an offence under Sections 347, 354,354 (b), 354 (d), 452, 404, 420, 423, 465, 467,468, 471, 323, 294, 506, 34 of the Indian Penal Code, read with Sections 3 + 25 of the Arms Act, following a complaint lodged by the widow on January 31, 2022.
The complainant had alleged Uke brothers usurped her husband’s five acre at Bokhara by creating fake and forged documents. She had also alleged that Pradeep Uke had threatened to kill her by pointing a pistol at her.
After bringing Uke brothers from Arthur Road Jail, Mumbai, on a production warrant, the Crime Branch produced them before the JMFC Court and had submitted aremand application for their custodial interrogation for eight days.
As the JFMC court turned down the PCR application and remanded Uke brothers to magisterial custody, the Crime Branch moved the sessions court challenging the lower court’s decision.
During the hearing on the revision application, Adv Satish Ukey took objection alleging that he was not provided with the copies of documents on the basis of which the prosecution was seeking the PCR of him and his brother and also the order copy of the JMFC court.
Adv Satish Uke requested the court to give sufficient time as per the provisions in the law to file his say on the revision plea.
After hearing both the sides, the sessions court adjourned the matter till October 31.
