AKSHAY YUVRAJ PATIL vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

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:1: 902-APEAL-355-350-915-2019.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION [1] CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.350 OF 2019 Akshay Yuvraj Patil …..Appellant Versus The State of Maharashtra .….Respondent ….. WITH [2] CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.355 OF 2019 Santosh Sham Kotewad …..Appellant Versus The State of Maharashtra .….Respondent ….. WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO.3957 OF 2024 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.355 OF 2019 ….. WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO.1342 OF 2024 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.355 OF 2019 ….. WITH [3] CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.915 OF 2019 Kavoo @ Fransis Patrick Manwel …..Appellant Versus The State of Maharashtra .….Respondent ----- Mr. Aniket Vagal, Advocate a/w. Ms. Savvy Kolhekar, Kunal Pednekar, Ms.Juhi Kadu for the Appellants in Appeal/355/2019 & Appeal/915/2019. Ms. Prabha U. Badadare, Advocate for the Appellant in Appeal/350/2019. Ms. P.N. Dabholkar, APP for the Respondent-State. ----- 1 of 30 Deshmane(PS) :2: 902-APEAL-355-350-915-2019.odt CORAM : SARANG V. KOTWAL & ADVAIT M. SETHNA, JJ. DATE : 20th AUGUST, 2025 ORAL JUDGMENT : [PER SARANG V. KOTWAL, J.] 1. All these three Appeals are being disposed of by this common Judgment and Order because they arise out of the same Sessions Case. For the sake of convenience, all the Appellants are referred to either by their names or by their status before the trial Court as accused. The Criminal Appeal No.355/2019 is preferred by the original accused No.1 Santosh Kotewad, the Criminal Appeal No.350/2019 is preferred by the original accused No.2 Akshay Yuvraj Patil, and the Criminal Appeal No.915/2019 is preferred by the original accused No.3 Kavoo @ Fransis Patrick Manwel. 2. We have heard Mr. Aniket Vagal, learned counsel for the Appellants in Criminal Appeal Nos.355/2019 & 915/2019, Ms. Prabha Badadare, learned couns