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REPORTABLE

IN THE SUPREME COUT OF INDIA

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 683 OF 2015

(Arising out of S.L.P. (Crl.) No.5741/2013)

SANTOSH s/o SHANKAR PAWAR ...Appellant

Versus

STATE OF MAHARASHTRA ..Respondent

JUDGMENT

R. BANUMATHI, J.

Leave granted.

2. This appeal arises out of the judgment of the Nagpur

Bench of the Bombay High Court passed in Criminal Appeal

No.343 of 2006 dated 2.2.2012 affirming the conviction of the

appellant under Section 302 IPC and the sentence of life

imprisonment imposed on him by the 5 th Addl. Sessions Judge,

Akola.

3. Briefly