SURESH BAPU KOLI @ TARAL vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

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Apeal-1286-2022 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY PURTI PRASAD CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION PARAB Digitally signed by PURTI PRASAD PARAB Date: 2026.03.10 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1286 OF 2022 15:22:14 +0530 ALONGWITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 3942 OF 2022 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1286 OF 2022 Suresh Bapu Koli @ Taral Age : 42 years, Occ.: Driver R/at : Bhairewadi, Kurundwad, Taluka : Shirol, Dist. Kolhapur. ….Appellant V/S The State of Maharashtra, (Through Daund Police Station, Pune) .….Respondent _______ Mr. Chaitanya Pendse a/w Ms. Gauratna Kale i/by Mr. Sachin Dhakephalkar for the Appellant. Ms. Sharmila S. Kaushik, APP for the Respondent/State. _______ CORAM: MANISH PITALE & SHREERAM V. SHIRSAT, JJ. RESERVED ON : 25th FEBRUARY 2026 PRONOUNCED ON : 10th MARCH 2026 JUDGMENT (PER SHREERAM V. SHIRSAT J ) : 1. The present Appeal has been filed challenging the impugned Judgment and Order dated 08.08.2022 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge- 2, Baramati, District Pune, in Sessions Case No. 09/2017 whereby the Appellant has been convicted under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and has been sentenced to undergo Imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Purti Parab 1 Apeal-1286-2022 Rs.2,500/- and in default to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for 1 year. The Appellant has also been convicted under section 201 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and has been sentenced to undergo Imprisonment for six months and pay a fine of Rs. 500/- in default to suffer RI for 2 months. 2. Brief facts of the prosecution’s case are as under: a. On 04/09/2016, one Mahadev Baburao Gadhwe lodged a complaint that when he was going towards Pune at about 10:30 a.m., one person coming from the Baramati side told him that one person was lying on the road and some other persons were gathered