SHANKAR AKARAM DOIFODE vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

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Gokhale 1 of 40 205-apeal-780-14 & 132-15 (J) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 780 OF 2014 1. Shreekant Yallappa Doifode 2. Pravin Yallappa Doifode 3. Shankar Akaram Doifode ..Appellants Versus The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 4354 OF 2023 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 4359 OF 2023 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 780 OF 2014 ………. WITH CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 132 OF 2015 The State of Maharashtra ..Appellant Versus 1. Jayashree Shrikant Doifode 2. Varsha Pravin Doifode 3. Madhuri Akaram Doifode ..Respondents __________ Dr. Yug Mohit Chaudhary a/w. Anush Shetty for the Appellants in Appeal/780/2014. Mr. Himanshu J. Patil i/b. Alisha Mohite for the informant in Appeal/780/2014. Mr. Vinit A. Kulkarni, APP for the State/Respondent in Appeal/780/2014 and for the Appellant/State in Appeal/132/2015. __________ Digitally signed by VINOD VINOD BHASKAR BHASKAR GOKHALE GOKHALE Date: 2025.06.13 19:04:48 +0530 2 of 40 205-apeal-780-14 & 132-15 (J) CORAM : SARANG V. KOTWAL & SHYAM C. CHANDAK, JJ. DATE : 10 JUNE 2025 JUDGMENT: (Per Sarang V. Kotwal, J.) 1. Both these Appeals are decided by this common Judgment because they arise out of the same Judgment and order dated 26.08.2014 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Kolhapur, in Sessions Case No.124 of 2011. By the impugned Judgment and order, the Appellants in Criminal Appeal No.780 of 2014 were convicted and the Respondent Nos.1 to 3 in Criminal Appeal No.132 of 2015 were acquitted. The convicted accused have preferred Criminal Appeal No.780 of 2014 against the Judgment and order of conviction and sentence and the State of Maharashtra has preferred Criminal Appeal No.132 of 2015 against the acquittal of the Respondent Nos.1 to 3. For the sake of convenie