MEENABAI LOBAJI GAIKWAD vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

APEAL-852-2019.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 852 OF 2019 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION (ST) NO. 11514 OF 2026 Smt. Meenabai Lobaji Gaikwad . Appellant Age: 61 years, Occupation- nil . Residing at - Opposite Pink City, Vinod Kalte Brick Kiln, Wakad, Pune. Presently Lodged at: Yerawada Central Jail V/S. State of Maharashtra . Respondent (through Hinjewadi Police Station) . ------------------- Adv. Sachin Salunke for Appellant. Dr. Dhanlakshi S. Krishnaiyyer, APP for Respondent-State. -------------------- CORAM : MANISH PITALE & SHREERAM V. SHIRSAT, JJ. RESERVED ON : 12th JUNE 2026 PRONOUNCED ON : 23rd JUNE 2026 JUDGMENT: (PER SHREERAM V. SHIRSAT, J.) 1. The present Appeal has been filed challenging the impugned Judgment and Order dated 28.11.2016 passed by the Court of Sessions, Pune in Sessions Case No. 666/2013, whereby the Appellant Bhalerao 1 of 30 APEAL-852-2019.doc has been convicted under Section 235(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) for the offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and has been sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and pay a fine of Rs. 10,00