Disposed¶Judgment ¶4
Pradeep Santosh Pawar v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.
Bombay HCAPEAL/1200/2025
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Delay in framing of charge; chargesheet filed in 2024 but charge not framed; Trial Court vacant for three months; charge likely to be framed on 06.01.2026; reasonable time given to prosecution; application to be decided on merit if charge not framed at next hearing; matter stood over to 07.01.2026. Criminal Appeal No. 1200 of 2025, High Court of Judicature at Bombay, R. M. Joshi, J.; appellant Pradeep Santosh Pawar; State of Maharashtra.
What did the court decide?
Matter stood over (adjourned) to 7 January 2026; prosecution given reasonable time to frame the charge, failing which the present application is to be decided on merit. ¶Judgment ¶4