2026:BHC-AS:11244-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 4462 OF 2025 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1230 OF 2025 Rajesh Maniram Yadav … Applicant V/s.

The State of Maharashtra & Anr. … Respondents _______________________________________

Mr. Ghanasham Jadhav for Applicant.

Smt. Prajakta P. Shinde, A.P.P. for Respondent-State.

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CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND KAMAL KHATA, JJ.

DATE : 5^th March 2026 P.C. :

1) This is an Application for suspension of sentence and releasing the Applicant on bail, during the pendency of Appeal.

2) The Applicant is convicted under Sections 302, 376 and 380 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to suffer imprisonment for life by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-12, Pune, in Sessions Case No. 404 of

2015, by its Judgment and Order dated 2^nd July 2025.

3) Perusal of record indicates that, since the date of his arrest, the Applicant is behind bars and as of today, has undergone about 11 years in incarceration. Taking into consideration the huge pendency of Appeals, the possibility of hearing of substantive Appeal of the Applicant in near future is remote.

4) In view of the obse