Mumbai Crime Branch secures conviction in 2018 kidnapping and extortion case involving 13-year-old boy

Mumbai Crime Branch has secured the conviction of accused persons in a 2018 kidnapping and extortion case involving a 13yearold boy who was abducted while returning home alone police saidThe court pronounced its judgment on October 30 2026 sentencing the accused to imprisonment under various sections of the Indian Penal Code IPC and imposing a total fine of Rs 350013yearold boy kidnapped while returning homeAccording to the police the incident took place on August 3 2018 when the 13yearold boy was allegedly abducted by unidentified persons while returning home aloneFollowing the incident a kidnapping case was registered at Vinoba Bhave Nagar Police Station in Kurla under Section 363 of the Indian Penal Code IPCConsidering the sensitive nature of the case the investigation was subsequently transferred to the Mumbai Crime Branchs Detection Unit 4Five suspects arrested boy rescued safelyActing swiftly the Crime Branch team arrested five suspects on August 6 2018 and rescued the boy safelyFollowing a detailed investigation and collection of evidence the police filed a chargesheet before the court under Sections 363 364A 328 365 324 343 506 and 120B read with Section 34 of the IPC Section 371 of the Maharashtra Police Act was also invoked said the policeCourt sentences accused under multiple IPC sectionsThe court delivered its verdict on October 30 2026 and sentenced the accused to imprisonment ranging from one to three years under Sections 328 363 324 and 343 of the IPC police saidThe successful investigation and prosecution were carried out under the guidance of Mumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti Joint Commissioner of Police Crime Anil Kumbhare Additional Commissioner of Police Crime Krishnakant Upadhyay Deputy Commissioner of Police Detection Raj Tilak Roushan and Assistant Commissioner of Police Sadanand Rane an official saidThe team involved Senior Police Inspector Nitin Kumbhar Assistant Police Inspector Ajay Birajdar and Court Constable Surekha Patil the official addedMumbai court convicts two in 2019 kidnapping and robbery caseIn a separate case earlier this yeara sessions court in Mumbai had in February convicted two men in a 2019 kidnapping and robbery case registered at Borivali Police Station The court while passing the order held them guilty under provisions of the Indian Penal Code IPC and the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act MCOCAThe case was registered under Sections 394 robbery 363 kidnapping 364A kidnapping for ransom and 34 common intention of the IPC along with Sections 31ii 32 34 and 35 of MCOCAAfter completion of the final hearing the court held that the prosecution had proved the charges beyond reasonable doubt