Durgaprasad Picchiya Rao v. State of Maharashtra

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Short adjournment order — no ratio. Bombay High Court, Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction; single judge (R. M. Joshi, J.); dated 13 March 2026. Interim Application No.3587 of 2025 in Criminal Appeal No.725 of 2024 (Ashok Shankar Kharat v. State of Maharashtra) with connected Criminal Appeal No.403 of 2024 and Interim Application No.1601 of 2024 (Durgaprasad Picchiya Rao v. State of Maharashtra). Submissions: appellant undergone half the imposed sentence; acquittal of appellant and all accused under MCOCA provisions despite their application; acquittals in all antecedent cases cited in the impugned judgment. APP sought time; matter adjourned part-heard to 1 April 2026. Keywords: interim application; criminal appeal; half sentence undergone; MCOCA acquittal; antecedents; adjournment; State of Maharashtra; Hitesh Mutha; Samriddhi Karmakar; Arfan Sait (APP).