A special MCOCA court in Pune acquitted Nilesh Ghaywal and the other accused in a 2020 extortion case on September 29. Marathi Jagran and Navarashtra reported the outcome that afternoon; The Pioneer’s September 30 report identified six people acquitted.
The prosecution had alleged that a jeep was demanded for a rally while Ghaywal was imprisoned in another case. Marathi Jagran reported that investigators attributed instructions to Ghaywal, but the charges were not proved at trial.
Navarashtra reported that the complainant withdrew his original allegations, claiming police pressure, and that other witnesses did not support the prosecution. The complainant’s account of pressure is an allegation, not an independently verified finding of misconduct.
This acquittal concerns the 2020 case. Reporting describes separate proceedings involving Ghaywal; it does not establish that those cases ended. The signed judgment and any prosecution decision on an appeal were not available in the material reviewed.