Advocates:
['M S MOHITE', '', 'SAROJINI UPADHYAY', 'APPOINTED FROM LEGAL AID']

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.166 OF 2009

Pralhad Tukaram Kharatkar

Age 36 years, Occu : Driver,

R/o. Pavnegaon, Navi Mumbai,

Dist – Thane,

(At present detained at

Thane Central Prison)

..Appellant.

versus

The State of Maharashtra

..Respondent.

.....

Ms. Sarojini Upadhyay, advocate appointed for the Appellant.

Mrs. A.S. Pai, Addl.P.P. for the Respondent – State.

.....

CORAM : SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI &

A.S. GADKARI, JJ.

21^st August, 2015.

JUDGMENT (PER A.S. GADKARI, J.) :

The Appellant has challenged the judgment and order dated 2^nd

January, 2009 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Thane in

Sessions Case No.303/2006 thereby convicting the Appellant for an

offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and

sentencing him to suffer imprisonment for life and to pay fine of

Rs.5,000/-, in default of payment of fine to further undergo simple

imprisonment for six months.

2.

The facts which are necessary to decide the present Appeal can

briefly be stated as under :

The Appellant is the husband of the complainant (P.W.1) Rekha

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