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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD
Sandipkumar C.More, Mehroz K.Pathan
Shankar s/o Dagdu Gholap – Appellant
Versus
State of Maharashtra – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Sandipkumar C. More, J.
1. Both these appeals arise from the same judgment, i.e. judgment and order dated 02/08/2003 passed by the learned First Ad-hoc Additional Sessions Judge, Ahmednagar (hereinafter referred to as “the learned trial Judge”) in Sessions Case No.93 of 2002. The accused in the said case were charged under Sections 302 and 498-A read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code (for short, “ IPC ”). The learned trial Judge acquitted both accused of the offence under Section 302 read with , but convicted them for the offence punishable under Section 498 -A read with , sentencing them to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years and to pay a fine of Rs. 2,500/- each, with a default clause.
2. Accordingly, the appellants in Criminal Appeal No.544 of 2003 (the original accused) have preferred this appeal challenging their conviction under Section 498 -A read with Section 34 IPC . The State has filed Criminal Appeal No. 664 of 2003 challenging the acquittal of the accused for the offence under Section 302 read with . It is to be noted that original accused No.1 – Shankar Dagdu Gholap, who is appellant No. 1 in Criminal Appeal No.544 of 2003 and resp
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