ANNASAHEB BABURAO MAHALE AND ORS. vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR.

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:1: CONFIRMATION-CASE-5-19+.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CONFIRMATION CASE NO. 5 OF 2019 The State of Maharashtra ..Appellant Versus Vilas Annasaheb Mahale ..Respondent ……. WITH CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1645 OF 2019 Vilas Annasaheb Mahale ..Appellant Versus The State of Maharashtra & Anr. ..Respondents ……. WITH CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 373 OF 2022 Annasaheb Baburao Mahale & Ors. ..Appellants Versus The State of Maharashtra & Anr. ..Respondents ……. WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 3948 OF 2022 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 373 OF 2022 Annasaheb Baburao Mahale & Anr. ..Applicants Versus The State of Maharashtra & Anr. ..Respondents ……. WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 4043 OF 2022 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 373 OF 2022 Shailabai Annasaheb Mahale ..Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent 1 of 53 Deshmane(PS) :2: CONFIRMATION-CASE-5-19+.odt __________ Smt. S. D. Shinde, APP for State/Appellant in Conf. Case No.5 of 2019. Dr. Yug Mohit Chaudhary a/w. Ms. Payoshi Roy and Siddharth Sharma for Respondent No.1 in Conf. Case No.5 of 2019 and for Appellant in Appeal No.1645 of 2019. Ms. Ameeta Kuttikrishnan, Appointed Advocate for the Respondent No.2 in Conf. Case No.5 of 2019. Mr. K. H. Holambe Patil a/w. Mr. K. K. Holambe Patil, Mr. Bhalchandra Kumbhar and Vishal Shirsat for Appellants in Appeal No.373 of 2022. Accused Vilas Mahale produced before the Court. __________ CORAM : SARANG V. KOTWAL & SANDESH D. PATIL, JJ. RESERVED ON : 25th FEBRUARY, 2026 PRONOUNCED ON : 24th MARCH, 2026 JUDGMENT : [PER SARANG V. KOTWAL, J.] 1. The learned Additional Sessions Judge, Nashik, vide her Judgment and order dated 15.05.2019 passed in Sessions Case No.209 of 2017 on her file, has forwarded the death penalty reference resulting in Confirmation Case No.5 of