PRASAD SUDHAKAR KULKARNI vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

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1. Cri. Appeal 808.17 final.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.808 OF 2017 ALONGWITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 1839 OF 2024 ALONGWITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 4457 OF 2025 ALONGWITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 4516 OF 2024 Prasad Sudhakar Kulkarni, (Presently in Central Jail, Nashik) Age : 30 Years, Residing at : Poornima Apartment, Flat No.4, Chetna Nagar, Indira Nagar, Nashik. ...Appellant Versus 1. The State of Maharashtra, Through Indira Nagar Police Station, ...Respondent No.1 District : Nashik, (CR No.I-78/201). (Ori.Complainant) 2. Balkrushna Jaggannath Mulay, Age : 66 Years, Occupation : Nil, Residing at : Balaji Angan, Near S.G. Vidyalaya, Ram Mandir Road, Kopargaon, Ahmednagar. ...Respondent No.2 ***** Ms. Pushpa Ganediwala a/w Ms. Anima Mishra, Mr. Anuj Singh, Mr. Vinod Patil, Ms. Priyanka P., Mr. Pradyumna Agrawal, Ms. Anshu Agrawal and Mr. Bhushan Shinde i/b. Dhaara Legal, Advocates for Appellant. Mr. S. V. Gavand, APP, for Respondent No.1 – State. Mr. S. G. Deshmukh a/w Mr. Gautam T. Kanchanpurkar, Advocates for Respondent No.2. Digitally signed by SEEMA SEEMA KSHITIJ YELKAR KSHITIJ Date: YELKAR 2026.05.05 19:12:33 +0530 LSP/SKY/SS 1/62 1. Cri. Appeal 808.17 final.doc ***** CORAM : M. S. KARNIK AND S. M. MODAK, JJ. DATE : 5th MAY 2026 JUDGMENT : (PER : S. M. MODAK, J.) 1. The Appellant is convicted by the Court of Additional Sessions Judge, Nashik on 22nd August 2017 for the offence punishable under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code in a trial conducted in Sessions Case No.240/2011. The sentence is life imprisonment and fine of Rs. 5,000/- and there is imprisonment in default to pay fine for period of six months. The amount of fine is to be paid to the father of the victim-Kirti. The correctness of the