Criminal appeal against conviction by the Additional Sessions Judge, Ratnagiri in Sessions Case No.8/2007. The appeal was allowed; the conviction and sentence were quashed and set aside and the appellant acquitted.
Conviction quashed; appellant acquitted and set at liberty; fine amount, if paid, to be refunded.
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Digitally signed by SHAGUFTA SHAGUFTA QUTBUDDIN QUTBUDDIN PATHAN PATHAN Date: 2023.12.18 18:57:39 +0530
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 643 OF 2008
Sameerkumar Prakash Awasare … Appellant
Versus The State of Maharashtra … Respondent
Mr. Aniket Vagal a/w Ms. Savvy Kolhekar, Mr. Divesh Mehani and Mr. Kunal Nitin Pednekar for the Appellant
Ms. P. P. Shinde, A.P.P for the Respondent-State
CORAM : REVATI MOHITE DERE & MANJUSHA DESHPANDE, JJ. FRIDAY, 5th JANUARY 2024
P.C :
1 For the reasons separately recorded, following
operative order is passed :
OPERATIVE ORDER
i) The Appeal is allowed;
ii) The impugned judgment and order dated 30th
June 2008, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge,
SQ Pathan
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Ratnagiri in Sessions Case No.8/2007, convicting and sentencing the appellant, is quashed and set-aside;
iii) The appellant is acquitted of the offence, with which he is charged. The appellant be set at liberty forthwith, if not required in any other case.
iv) The fine amount, if paid, be refunded to the
appellant.
All concerned to act on the authenticated copy of this
operative order.
MANJUSHA DESHPANDE, J. REVATI MOHITE DERE, J.
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Sameerkumar Prakash Awasare
The State of Maharashtra
Revati Mohite Dere
Manjusha Deshpande
As recorded by the court registry
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