IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR.

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 785/2019 Nandu Ashok Shelke, Age 23 years, Occ. Nil, R/o. Waghadi, Yavatmal, Tq & District Yavatmal.

(At present in Yavatmal Central Prison)

…. APPELLANT (In Jail)

// VERSUS //

The State of Maharashtra, through P. S. O. Wadgaon Road, Police Station, District Yavatmal.

…. RESPONDENT ___________________________________________________________________

Shri R. M. Patwardhan, Advocate (appointed) for appellant.

Shri M. J. Khan, A.P.P. for respondent/State ___________________________________________________________________

CORAM : VINAY JOSHI, J.

CLOSED FOR JUDGMENT : 06.08. 2021 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT : 29.10.2021 JUDGMENT The appellant(accused) Nandu Shelke was charge-sheeted along with three others for offence punishable under Sections 394, 354, 354-B read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, Sections 8 and 10 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (‘POCSO Act”). The Trial Court held all of them guilty for offence punishable under Sections 394, 354, 354-B read with Section 34 of the India Penal Code, and Section 9 read with Section 10 of the POCSO Act. The Trial Court passed separate senten