41 LDVC 416.2020

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR.

LD-VC-CRIMINAL APPLICATION (BA) NO. 416 OF 2020

(Sushant Balnath Punwatkar, Yavatmal Vs. State of Maharashtra)

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Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram,

appearances, Court'

s orders of directions

Court'

s or Judge'

s orders.

and Registrar'

s Orders.

Shri M.N. Ali, Advocate for the applicant.

Mrs. S.S. Jachak, A.P.P. for the non-applicant.

CORAM : PUSHPA V. GANEDIWALA, J.

AUGUST 06, 2020.

Heard Shri Ali, learned counsel for the

applicant and Mrs. Jachak, learned A.P.P. for the

non-applicant through Video Conferencing.

2.

The applicant is said to be arrested on

03/11/2019 in connection with Crime No.285/2019

dated 03/11/2019 registered at Police Station,

Maregaon, District Yavatmal for the offences

punishable under Sections 201 and 302 read with

Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3.

Perused the application, affidavit-in-reply

and the documents annexed.

4.

At the outset, the whole case is based on

circumstantial evidence. The probable cause of death,

as per the postmortem report, is ‘exphyxia’ due to