AMIT SAGAR SOLANKI vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

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bgd 239 Apeal 1034.25.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1034 OF 2025 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 4867 of 2025 Amit Sagar Solanki Age : 46 years, Indian Inhabitant, Having address at on Hingwala Market Footpath, Hingwala Lane, Ghatkopar (East), Mumbai (At present is in Kolhapur Central Prison) … Appellant V/s. The State of Maharashtra Through Pant Nagar Police Station, Ghatkopar, Mumbai. … Respondent Mr. Madhusudan Pareek, for the Appellant. Smt. P.P. Shinde, APP for the Respondent-State. CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND KAMAL KHATA, JJ. DATE : 16th March 2026 JUDGMENT (Per A.S. Gadkari, J.) :- 1) Present Appeal questions the correctness of Judgment and Order dated 6th June 2025 passed in Sessions Case No. 106 of 2021 by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, City Civil and Sessions Court, Greater Digitally signed by 1/10 SUMEDH SUMEDH NAMDEO NAMDEO SONAWANE SONAWANE Date: 2026.04.06 14:40:37 +0530 bgd 239 Apeal 1034.25.doc Mumbai, whereby the Appellant stands convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to suffer imprisonment for life, along with a fine of Rs.2,000/-, in default of payment of fine, to undergo simple imprisonment of three months. 2) Heard Mr. Pareek, learned Advocate appointed by Legal Aid Committee for the Appellant and Smt. Shinde, learned APP for the State. We have also carefully perused the entire record. 3) The prosecution case as deciphered from the evidence available on record, can briefly be stated as under : 3.1) Sanjay Lalchand Ingale (PW no.8) was engaged in shoe polishing at platform No.4 of Ghatkopar Railway Station, knew the Appellant for about 20 years prior to the date of incident. The incident in question took place on 2nd April 2020 at about 10.00 a.m. On tha