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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

BENCH AT AURANGABAD

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.452 OF 2016

Mahesh s/o Vasant Chilwante,

Age : 31 years, Occupation : Labour,

R/o Ratnapur, Taluka Kallam

District Osmanabad.

...APPELLANT

(Orig. Accused)

-VERSUS-

The State of Maharashtra.

...RESPONDENT

...

Shri N.R. Shaikh, Advocate for the appellant (appointed).

Shri S.D. Ghayal, APP for the respondent/ State.

...

CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE

&

B. U. DEBADWAR, JJ.

DATE :- 25^th February, 2021

JUDGMENT (Per Ravindra V. Ghuge, J.)

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1.

The appellant, by this appeal, seeks to challenge the judgment

and order dated 12.02.2016, delivered by the learned Additional Sessions

Judge-3, Osmanabad, in Sessions Case No.21/2015, vide which, the

appellant was convicted for having committed an offence punishable

under Section 302 r/w Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code and was

sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life.

2.

On 01.11.2018, this Court had passed the following order in

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Criminal Application No.4056/2016 and had suspended the sentence and

enlarged the appellant on bail :-

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Present application has bee