Sharif Badshah Khan vs State of Maharashtra and Ors.

Perusal of the Judgment and Order passed by the trial Court indicates that, there were disputes between family members of the Petitioner and the informant, Smt.Gausabi Farid Shaikh. On the fateful day, the Petitioner alongwith other two accused persons went to the house of informant and assaulted Noor Mohammad. He succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment. The trial Court has convicted the Petitioner and coaccused under Section 302 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life. The decision of the trial Court has been upheld by this Court in Criminal Appeal No.367 of 2009 decided on 12^th January, 2016.

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The offence in question is dated 22^nd November, 1998 and the trial Court has passed the Judgment and Order on 31^st January, 2009. The fact that, the guidelines issued on 15^th March, 2010 are more beneficial to the Petitioner is not disputed by the learned Advocate for the Petitioner.

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3.1) Mr. Vagal, learned Advocate appearing for the Petitioner submitted that, the case of Petitioner would fall under category of 4(b) and not 4(d) of the said guidelines. He submitted that, if the Petitioner is given benefit of the said category, he will have to undergo two years of lesser sentence than prescribed under category of 4(d). He therefore requested this Court to place the Petitioner in category of 4(b) of the said guidelines.

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Category 4(b) of the said guidelines reads as under :-

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KSG 30-WP-2505-2025.doc

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Category No.	Sub Category	Categorization of Crime	Period of imprisonment to be undergone including remission subject to a minimum 14 years of actual imprisonment including set offperiod
4.		MURDERSFOROTHER REASONS
	(b)	Murder committed with premeditation, or a person havingcriminal history.	22

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4.1) Perusal of record clearly indicates that, the Petitioner alongwith

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two other accused persons, committed murder of Noor Mohammad due to long standing enmity between his family and the family of Smt.Gausabi Farid Shaikh. Noor Mohammad (deceased) was the son of Smt. Gausabi.

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As noted earlier, on the fateful day, the Petitioner armed with a sword along-with other accused persons wielding respective weapons came to the house of Smt. Gausabi and assaulted Noor Mohammad. The act committed by the Petitioner therefore falls within the purview of category 4(d) i.e. murder committed by more than one person/group of persons and

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therefore the total imprisonment as prescribed under that category is 24 years.

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After perusing the entire record, this Court is of the considered view that, the Respondent No.2 has not committed any error while placing the Petitioner in category 4(d) of the said guidelines.

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In view of the above, we find no merits in the Petition and is accordingly dismissed.

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( RANJITSINHA RAJA BHONSALE, J. ) ( A.S. GADKARI, J. )

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Digitally signed by KIRAN KIRANSANJAY SANJAY GHUGE GHUGE Date:2025.10.14 19:21:01 +0530

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