The judge upheld the decision of charging Gawli and his supporters under Sections 307 (attempted murder) and 333 (causing grievous hurt) of the Indian Penal Code.

The order by the judge stated that the argument made by the defence lawyers to the effect that the ABS workers had assembled at the bungalow, which has been Gawli's camp ever since he was externed from Mumbai, for a party meeting to decide poll candidates could not be upheld as a knife was used to attack a policeman.

Earlier, the defence lawyers had pleaded that Gawli should be released on bail as he was still to release the list of the ABS candidates for the ensuing Parliamentary and Assembly elections.They submitted that Gawli's physical presence was required to hand over the B forms to the official candidates.

Gawli, his father-in-law Shaikh Lal Mujawar, brothers-in-law Nandu and Baba, and 170 workers of the ABS had been arrested in a night-long operation on August 10. They had filed five separate bail applications on August 16 which came up for simultaneous hearing on Monday.

The defence lawyers pointed out that Gawli and several arrested members of the ABS were aspirant candidates for the ensuing elections and since Gawli was the president of ABS which was registered with the Election Commission, the counsels pleaded that he and his men be granted bail so that they can file the nomination papers by August 24.

It was also argued that the evidence gathered by the prosecution was not adequate to slap Gawli with Sections 307 and 333 of the IPC which are used in cognizable and non-bailable cases.

District Government Pleader Narendra Nikam opposed the bail plea saying Gawli and his men had committed aserious crime by attacking the police team even after they explained the purpose of their visit to the bungalow where Gawli was camping.

Nikam claimed that Gawli himself had instigated his supporters to attack the policemen and that his in-law Shaikh Lal Mujavar and brothers-in-law Nandu and Baba were among the first ones to start hurling stones at the policemen.

He revealed that denizens of 22 districts across the state had been arrested along with Gawli. He said the Pune rural police have already sent broadcast messages to the Superintendent of Police posted in these districts requesting for confirmation of their identities and information about whether their involvement was suspected in previous crimes. He said the information had still not reached the Pune rural police.