Advocates:
['TEJAS JEEVAN PATIL', '', 'R M PATWARDHAN APPOINTED', 'SHAHIR S ANSARI', 'APP']

Judgment

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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

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

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

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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 the