JUDGMENT :

V.K. Jadhav, J.

1. The applicant, who is the original accused in R.C.C. No. 457 of 2008, has preferred this Criminal Revision Application against the judgment and order dated 02.01.2018 passed by the Sessions Judge, Parbhani in Criminal Appeal No. 45 of 2012 confirming thereby the conviction of the accused under Section 33(2) (a) of the Maharashtra Medical Practitioners Act, 1961.

2. Brief facts giving rise to the present Criminal Revision Application are as follows:

a. On the basis of the report lodged by one Padminbai Digamber Kaldate, crime no. 48 of 2008 came to be registered against the applicant/accused. It has been alleged in the complaint that the informant is working as a maid servant. She was suffering from arthritis and though she had taken treatment, she could not get relief. She got information that one maharaj (the applicant herein) from village Pokharni is giving treatment for old ailments. Thus, she had visited village Pokharni to meet the said maharaj (the applicant) and also taken medicine. On 03.07.2008, she along with her friends had been to the place of the applicant at Pokharni. She was called inside. The applicant had examined her and as alleged by the