<p>Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Walmik Karad, a key accused in sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/maharashtra/beed-sarpanch-murder-details-of-torture-emerge-accused-took-photos-videos-3430062">murder case</a>, has filed an application in a Beed court seeking to be discharged, claiming there is no primary evidence against him, the prosecution said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The court has sought a response on the application from the state Crime Investigation Department (CID), which is conducting a probe into the case.</p>.<p>An accused can be discharged after filing of a chargesheet in a case, if the court is of the opinion that the offence against him is not prima facie made out. The accused then need not go through the trial in the case.</p>.<p>Deshmukh, the sarpanch of Massajog village in Maharashtra's Beed district, was abducted and tortured to death on December 9 last year allegedly for attempting to stop an extortion bid targeting an energy company.</p>.<p>Eight persons, including Karad, have been arrested so far and booked under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).</p>.<p>The CID last month filed a more than 1,200 pages chargesheet at a court in Beed in Deshmukh's murder and two related cases.</p>.Beed should not be defamed because of few persons: Pankaja Munde.<p>Talking to reporters after a hearing in the court, special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said, "Accused Walmik Karad earlier demanded some papers. We have presented those papers before the court today." </p><p>"Secondly, accused Walmik has filed an application to discharge him from the case, claiming there is no primary evidence against him," Nikam said.</p>.<p>The court has asked for the CID's response, which will be presented before the court on April 24, he added.</p>.<p>A video of Santosh Deshmukh being beaten up, which according to the CID was shot by the accused, was also presented before the court on Thursday, Nikam said.</p>.<p>"But we have requested the court that the video should not be made public as it may lead to a law and order issue. The accused will submit their response on this on April 24," he said.</p>.<p>Nikam also said the prosecution filed an application before the court to seize the movable and immovable properties of Karad, which will come up for hearing later.</p>.<p>The CID is also investigating about the properties of the other accused in this case, he added. </p>
<p>Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Walmik Karad, a key accused in sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/maharashtra/beed-sarpanch-murder-details-of-torture-emerge-accused-took-photos-videos-3430062">murder case</a>, has filed an application in a Beed court seeking to be discharged, claiming there is no primary evidence against him, the prosecution said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The court has sought a response on the application from the state Crime Investigation Department (CID), which is conducting a probe into the case.</p>.<p>An accused can be discharged after filing of a chargesheet in a case, if the court is of the opinion that the offence against him is not prima facie made out. The accused then need not go through the trial in the case.</p>.<p>Deshmukh, the sarpanch of Massajog village in Maharashtra's Beed district, was abducted and tortured to death on December 9 last year allegedly for attempting to stop an extortion bid targeting an energy company.</p>.<p>Eight persons, including Karad, have been arrested so far and booked under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).</p>.<p>The CID last month filed a more than 1,200 pages chargesheet at a court in Beed in Deshmukh's murder and two related cases.</p>.Beed should not be defamed because of few persons: Pankaja Munde.<p>Talking to reporters after a hearing in the court, special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said, "Accused Walmik Karad earlier demanded some papers. We have presented those papers before the court today." </p><p>"Secondly, accused Walmik has filed an application to discharge him from the case, claiming there is no primary evidence against him," Nikam said.</p>.<p>The court has asked for the CID's response, which will be presented before the court on April 24, he added.</p>.<p>A video of Santosh Deshmukh being beaten up, which according to the CID was shot by the accused, was also presented before the court on Thursday, Nikam said.</p>.<p>"But we have requested the court that the video should not be made public as it may lead to a law and order issue. The accused will submit their response on this on April 24," he said.</p>.<p>Nikam also said the prosecution filed an application before the court to seize the movable and immovable properties of Karad, which will come up for hearing later.</p>.<p>The CID is also investigating about the properties of the other accused in this case, he added. </p>