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JUDGMENT

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REPORTABLE

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.

2287 OF 2009

Dashrath Rupsingh Rathod

…..Appellant

Versus

State of Maharashtra & Anr.

…..Respondents

W I T H

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1593 OF 2014

[Arising out of S.L.P.(Crl.)No.2077 of 2009];

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1594 OF 2014

[Arising out of S.L.P.(Crl.)No.2112 of 2009];

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1595 OF 2014

[Arising out of S.L.P.(Crl.)No.2117 of 2009];

CRIMINAL APPEAL NOS. 1596-1600 OF 2014

[Arising out of S.L.P.(Crl.)Nos.1308-1312 of 2009];

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1601 OF 2014

[Arising out of S.L.P.(Crl.)No.3762 of 2012];

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1602 OF 2014

[Arising out of S.L.P.(Crl.)No.3943 of 2012];

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1603 OF 2014

[Arising out of S.L.P.(Crl.)No.3944 of 2012]; AND

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1604 OF 2014

[Arising out of S.L.P.(Crl.)No.59 of 2013].

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JUDGMENT

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J U D G M E N T

VIKRAMAJIT SEN, J.

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Leave granted in Special Leave Petitions. These

Appeals raise a legal nodus of substantial public importance

pertaining to Court’s territorial jurisdiction concerning

criminal complaints filed under Chapter XVII of the

Negotiable Inst