LAWS(BOM)-1999-10-37

ARUN GULAB GAVLI Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Decided On October 06, 1999
ARUN GULAB GAVLI Appellant
V/S
STATE OF MAHARASHTRA Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD both the learned Counsel; Shri R. W. Adik for the petitioner Arun Gavli and the Advocate General Shri C. J. Sawant for the respondents.

(2.) THIS petition was heard alongwith companion Writ Petition No. 364 of 1999 filed by Ramesh Jagdish Sharma for whom we have heard the learned Counsel Shri S. M. Gupte and the learned Advocate General for the respondents. Since the petitions raised common questions of law, by consent, they were heard together. However, since the facts differ, they are disposed of by two separate judgments. By consent, however, this judgment will also cover the legal contentions that are raised in Criminal Writ Petition No. 364 of 1999.

(3.) AT the outset, we must indicate the questions of law which arise in the two petitions; one of Arun Gavli and the other of Ramesh Sharma. They are as under:-