Mumbai, April 15 -- The Bombay high court on Tuesday upheld the life sentences awarded to two members of underworld don Chhota Rajan gang in case of double murder in city's famous Bhendi Bazar area of the year 2010.
While dismissing the appeal filed by convicts Mohammed Ali Shaikh and Pranay Rane, the court in its order said that the trial court's judgment was "well-reasoned and legally sound".
A division bench of Justices Neela Gokhale and Revati Dere however acquitted gangster Rajan and two others for lack of evidence.
"The evidence on record, when assessed in its entirety, establishes the guilt of the appellants beyond reasonable doubt," the bench said.
Accused persons were arrested on October 23, 2010, after four people fired at Sha...