AMBADAS S/O. SHRIPATI JADHAV AND ORS vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

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1/15 APEAL 1016-24 and ors.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 811 OF 2015 Ambadas Shripati Jadhav and ors .. Appellants Versus The State of Maharashtra and anr .. Respondents WITH CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1016 of 2024 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 3746 OF 2024 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1016 OF 2024 Banty @ Gaurav Gautam Vedverao .. Appellant Versus The State of Maharashtra and anr .. Respondents WITH CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 215 OF 2024 Pandya @ Pandurang s/o Atul Jadhav .. Appellant Versus The State of Maharashtra and anr .. Respondents WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 2749 OF 2023 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 811 of 2015 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 1441 OF 2019 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 811 of 2015 … Tilak 2/15 APEAL 1016-24 and ors.doc Mr. Hrishikesh Sopan Shinde for the appellant in Appeal No. 1016/2024. Ms.Farhana Shah, appointed Advocate for accused no.1 and Ms.Farhana Shah i/b Anjali Patil for accused no.4 for appellants in Appeal No.811/2015. Ms.Anita Agarwal with Ashwini Jadhav for appellant in Appeal No.215/2024. Mr.Dileep Satale with Padma Chinta, Shagufa Patil and Vedastu Rane for respondent no.2 complainant. Mr.S.R. Agarkar, APP for the State. CORAM : BHARATI DANGRE & SHYAM C. CHANDAK, JJ DATED : 9th DECEMBER, 2025 JUDGMENT:- (Per Bharati Dangre, J) 1 The Three Appeals filed by the four convicts raise a challenge to the judgment and order dated 11/5/2015 passed by the Addl. Sessions Judge, Pune in Sessions Case No. 74/2010 by which all the appellants stand convicted for committing offence under section 302 of the IPC read with 34 of the IPC, for committing murder of Smt. Smita Patki and Smt. Sulabha Pachapurkar and are sentenced to imprisonment for life. They are also convicted for committing house trespass in order to co