IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD
Y.G.KHOBRAGADE
Mangesh, s/o. Chandrakant Ransing – Appellant
Versus
State of Maharashtra, Through Investigating Officer – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Y. G. KHOBRAGADE, J.
1. By the present Appeal under section 14-A of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, the appellant/original accused takes exception to the order dated 10.09.2025 passed by the learned Special Judge, Ahmednagar in Special Case No. 259 of 2019, thereby rejected Exh.32 an application for bail under section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Crime No. 395 of 2019 registered with Parner Police Station, District Ahmednagar for the offences punishable under sections 302, 307, 203 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short 'IPC') and under Sections 3(1)(r)(s) & 3(2) (va) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for short 'SC & ST Act').
2. It is the case of prosecution that, on 02.05.2019, Bundgarden Police Station received information from Dr. Vanita, the CEO of Sasoon Hospital, Pune about admission of victim-Smt. Rukhmini w/o Mangesh Ransingh and Appellant in Ward No. 25 with burn injuries under MLC No. 10030/2019. The present appellant gave story to said Medical Officer about sustaining self burn injuries by his wife on 01.05.2019 at her parenta
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