Santosh Maroti Bhandare v. the State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court Aurangabad Bench; Neeraj P. Dhote J.; order dated 03.12.2025; Criminal Appeal No. 567 of 2024, Santosh Maroti Bhandare v. The State of Maharashtra; Criminal Appeal No. 740 of 2024, Xyz v. Santosh Maroti Bhandare and Another; admission of criminal appeal against conviction; appointment of advocate at Government expense for custodial appellant appearing via video conferencing; replacement of former advocate Shrimant Mundhe by Rupesh A. Jaiswal; APP A. S. Deshmukh waiver of notice for State; G. G. Suryawanshi for Respondent No.2; Record and Proceedings with Paper-book called; matter stood over two weeks; no merits adjudicated; no statute or precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
In Criminal Appeal No. 567 of 2024: appeal admitted; Advocate Rupesh A. Jaiswal appointed for the appellant; APP waived notice for Respondent-State; appearance of Mr. G. G. Suryawanshi for Respondent No.2 recorded; Call for Record and Proceedings with Paper-book; stand over after two [02] weeks. In Criminal Appeal No. 740 of 2024: Advocate Jaiswal waived service of notice for Respondent No.1. No substantive issue on merits was decided.