SHASHIKANT SHANTARAM TAVARE vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Gokhale 1 of 34 902-apeal-876-17 (J) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 876 OF 2017 Shashikant Shantaram Tavare ..Appellant Versus The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent WITH INTERIM APPLICATION (STAMP) NO. 7743 OF 2025 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 876 OF 2017 __________ Mr. Ramesh Dube Patil a/w. Sagar Kasar, Rishabh Tiwari, Chaitali Bhogle and Iraa Dube Patil for the Appellant. Ms. Kranti T. Hiwrale, APP for State/Respondent. __________ CORAM : SARANG V. KOTWAL & SHYAM C. CHANDAK, JJ. DATE : 03 JULY 2025 JUDGMENT: (PER SARANG V. KOTWAL, J.) 1. The Appellant has challenged the Judgment and order dated 26.09.2017, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-2, Nashik, in Sessions Case No.257 of 2016. The learned Judge, convicted the Appellant for commission of the offence punishable U/s.302 of the I.P.C. and sentenced him to suffer 2016. 2. Heard Mr. Ramesh Dube Patil, learned counsel for the Appellant and Ms. Kranti Hiwrale, learned APP for the State. 3. The prosecution case is that the Appellant was having a love relationship with the victim. They had even given a notice for registration of their marriage. The victim’s famil