BILAL MALANG SHAIKH vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

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Mahesh/Sagar APL-492-2022 J.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 492 OF 2022 Bilal Malang Shaikh Age:34 years, Occu: R/at :- Raigad Chawl, L.U. Gadkari Marg, Vishnu Nagar, Chembur (EAST), Mumbai (Presently Lodged in Nagpur Central Prison Nagpur, convict No. 10465) … Appellant V/s. The State of Maharashtra (at the instance of RCF Police Station, Mumbai in CR No. 332 of 2015 Subsequently numbered as Sessions Case No. 296 of 2016 … Respondent ______________________ Mr. Sandeep R.Karnik, Appointed Advocate, Through Legal Aid for Appellant. Mr. Shreekant V. Gavand, A.P.P. for Respondent – State. ______________________ CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND RANJITSINHA RAJA BHONSALE, JJ. RESERVED ON : 12th SEPTEMBER 2025 PRONOUNCED ON : 24th DECEMBER 2025 JUDGMENT [Per : RANJITSINHA RAJA BHONSALE, J] :- 1) This is an Appeal, against the Order of conviction dated 16 th May 2019, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Greater Mumbai, in Sessions Case No.296 of 2016, whereby the Appellant (Original Accused 1/25 Mahesh/Sagar APL-492-2022 J.doc No.1) is convicted under the provisions of Section 235(2) of Criminal Procedure Code, for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. For the offence punishable under Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code the Appellant is sentenced to suffer Rigorous Imprisonment for 1 (One) year and pay a fine of Rs.1,000/- (Rupees One Thousand), in default of payment of fine, the Appellant is to suffer Rigorous Imprisonment for further 2 (Two) months. Appellant is sentenced to suffer Life Imprisonment for the offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. 2) Initially, prosecution was launched against 4 accused i.e. accused No.1 Bilal Malang