2026:BHC-AS:3865-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY PURTI CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION PRASAD PARAB Digitally signed by PURTI PRASAD PARAB Date: 2026.01.27 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 741 OF 2021

19:39:07 +0530 ALONGWITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 3585 OF 2025 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 741 OF 2021 Doli Ledha Ravidas Age : 35 Years, Occ.: Nil.

R/o. Utsav Hotel, Ashok Nagar, Kalyan Road, Bhiwandi, Dist. : Thane. …Appellant Versus The State Of Maharashtra Through Shanti Nagar Police Station, Dist. : Thane …Respondent _______

Dr. Uday P. Warunjikar a/w Ms. Sonali R. Chavan for the Appellant.

Dr. Dhanlakshmi S. Krishnaiyer APP for the Respondent/State.

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CORAM: MANISH PITALE &

SHREERAM V. SHIRSAT, JJ.

RESERVED ON: 8^th JANUARY 2026.

PRONOUNCED ON : 27^th JANUARY 2026.

JUDGMENT ( Per : SHREERAM V. SHIRSAT, J.)

1. The present Appeal has been filed challenging the impugned Judgment and Order dated 31/3/2021, passed by the District Judge and Sessions Court, at Thane in Sessions Case No 277/2017, whereby the Appellant has been convicted for the offence punishable under Section 302 IPC and he has been sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay fine of Rs.1000/- and in default to suffer S.