Pune, Oct. 17 -- The Additional Sessions Court in Pune has discharged Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Jitendra Awhad of all charges related to the 2016 Fergusson College violence case, citing a lack of evidence.

The order, passed by Additional Sessions Judge Aniruddha Subhash Gandhi on October 13, stated that there was "insufficient evidence to frame charges" against the legislator. The court also held that the earlier order of the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) in Pune rejecting Awhad's plea for discharge on August 22, 2025, was "not legal, proper and correct."

In its order, the Court stated that, "on perusal of the entire charge-sheet, I do not find any single evidence to frame the charge u/sec.143, 147, 149, 323, 336 and...