Rajesh Keshav Phatak v. State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court (Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction), Appeal No. 679 of 2019 with Interim Application No. 4224 of 2025, decided 20 January 2026 by R.M. Joshi, J. Rajesh Keshav Phatak v. The State of Maharashtra. Appeal against judgment and order dated 7 March 2019 of the Addl. Sessions Court, Greater Mumbai in Sessions Case No. 674 of 2015 convicting the appellant under S. 304, Part (II) IPC and sentencing him to ten years' RI and fine of Rs. 10,000/- (default RI six months). The Court did not go into the merits of the conviction; since the appellant had already undergone the substantive sentence, only the default sentence was modified to the sentence already undergone; the substantive sentence and fine were confirmed; the appeal was partly allowed and the appellant was directed to be set free forthwith if not required in any other crime.
What did the court decide?
Default sentence modified to the extent of the sentence already undergone after serving the substantive sentence; conviction, substantive sentence and fine confirmed; appellant to be set free forthwith if not required in any other crime; interim application disposed of.