Jayram Kashya Pawar v. The State Of Maharashtra

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.253 OF 2015 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.950 OF 2009 Jayram Pawar ... Applicant.

V/s.

The State of Maharashtra .... Respondent Mr. Ashok B. Toraskar, (appointed advocate) for Appellant. Mrs. Sangeeta Shinde, A.P.P., for the Respondent-State. CORAM : P.V.HARDAS & DR. SHALINI PHANSALKAR-JOSHI, JJ.

DATE : 9TH MARCH, 2015.

P.C. :

1.

This application has been sent by the applicant from jail praying that the appointment of the counsel from the legal aid panel be cancelled as the applicant intends to appoint counsel of his choice. 2.

We, accordingly, allow this application and cancel the appointment of Adv. Shri Ashok B. Toraskar, as counsel from Legal Aid Panel.

3.

We direct that the fees payable to Adv. Shri.Toraskar, learned counsel who had been appointed to represent the applicant in the appeal Page No.1 of 2

33 APPA 253 OF 2015.doc are quantified at Rs.5,000/- be paid to him. 4.

The application is allowed as indicated above. 5.

This order be communicated to the applicant, who is undergoing his sentence in jail.

[DR. SHALINI PHANSALKAR-JOSHI, J.] [P.V.HARDAS, J.] Page No.2 of 2