Lotan Pandit Patil v. the State of Maharashtra and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Single-page Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) order dated 05 January 2026 by Rajnish R. Vyas, J., allowing Criminal Application No. 3303 of 2025 in Criminal Appeal No. 8992 of 2025 (Lotan Pandit Patil v. State of Maharashtra and Another) and condoning a delay of 59 days in preferring the appeal against a conviction under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012; appeal to be registered. Applicant represented by C.V. Dharurkar (Legal Aid); State by A.P.P. M.N. Ghanekar.
What did the court decide?
Condonation of the 59-day delay in preferring Criminal Appeal No. 8992 of 2025; appeal directed to be registered. ¶14