Raju Dhanju Rathod v. The State Of Maharashtra

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.428 OF 2014 Raju Dhanju Rathod ...Appellant (Original Accused No.1)

Versus

The State of Maharashtra

...Respondent

WITH CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.476 OF 2014 Ramesh Liganna Mudraj ...Appellant (Original Accused No.2)

Versus

The State of Maharashtra

...Respondent

Mr.Taraq Sayyad a/w Ms.Lochan Chandka, i/b Ms.Sartaj Shaikh for the Appellants.

Mr.S.R.Phanse, Appointed Advocate for the Appellants. Ms.P.P.Shinde, A.P.P. for the Respondent - State. CORAM : REVATI MOHITE DERE, J.

DATE : 1st APRIL, 2019

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For the reasons separately recorded in the Oral Judgment passed today, the following operative order is passed:- OPERATIVE ORDER i) The Appeals are allowed;

ii) The Judgment and Order dated 11th and 12th March, 2014, passed by learned Judge, Special Court for NDPS, Bombay City Civil and Sessions Court, Greater Bombay, in NDPS Special Case No.48 of 2012, convicting and sentencing the Appellants is quashed and set aside; iii) The Appellants are acquitted of the offences, with which they are charged. They be released forthwith, if not required in any other case. Fine amounts, if paid, be refunded back to the Appellants. REVATI MOHITE DERE, J.