LAWS(SC)-2021-3-8

SHIVAJI CHINTAPPA PATIL Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Decided On March 02, 2021
SHIVAJI CHINTAPPA PATIL Appellant
V/S
STATE OF MAHARASHTRA Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This appeal assails the judgment and order delivered by the Division Bench of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay in Criminal Appeal No. 46 of 2005, thereby dismissing the appeal of the appellant and maintaining the conviction and sentence of the appellant as passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Islampur in Sessions Case No. 39 of 2003 for offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (For short 'IPC').

(2.) The prosecution case in brief as could be gathered from the material placed on record is as under:-

(3.) The case was committed to the learned Sessions Judge. Charge was framed for the offence punishable under Section 302 IPC. The appellant pleaded not guilty and claimed to be tried. At the conclusion of the trial, the learned trial judge convicted the accused for the offence punishable under Section 302 IPC and sentenced him to imprisonment for life. Being aggrieved thereby, the appellant preferred an appeal before the High Court, which came to be dismissed. Hence, the present appeal.