RAMDEEN KHILAWAN LONIYA vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

:1: 901-APEAL-1043-15-j.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1043 OF 2015 Mohan Madhav Chaurasiya …..Appellant Versus The State of Maharashtra .….Respondent ………. WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO.2513 OF 2025 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1043 OF 2015 …… WITH CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.689 OF 2016 Ramdeen Khilawan Loniya …..Appellant Versus The State of Maharashtra .….Respondent ----- Ms. Ameeta Kuttikrishnan, Advocate i/b. Shabhana Sayed, Shambhavi Desai a/w. Gayatri Pore for the Appellant in Apeal/1043/2015. Mr. Pradeepkumar L. Pardeshi, Advocate a/w. Anushka Martis for the Appellant in Apeal/689/2016. Mr. Vinit A. Kulkarni, APP for the Respondent-State. ----- CORAM : SARANG V. KOTWAL & ADVAIT M. SETHNA, JJ. DATE : 04th SEPTEMBER, 2025 1 of 29 :2: 901-APEAL-1043-15-j.odt ORAL JUDGMENT : [PER SARANG V. KOTWAL, J.] 1. Both these Appeals are decided by this common judgment and order because they arise out of the same impugned judgment and order. The Appellant Mohan Chaurasiya in Criminal Appeal No.1043/2015 was the original accused No.1 in Sessions Case Nos.271/2013 along with 552/2013 before the Additional Sessions Judge, Greater Bombay. The Ap