Santosh Kashinath Padhi v. State Of Maharashtra And ANR

2025:BHC-AS:35667-DB DDR 31. APL 1574-24.doc

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1574 OF 2024 Santosh Kashinath Padhi ..Applicant Vs.

The State of Maharashtra & Anr.

..Respondents _______________________________ Mr. Sandeep Parikh a/w. Mr. Prabhakar M. Jadhav for Applicant. Mr. Vinod Chate, APP for Respondent No.1-State. _______________________________ CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND RAJESH S. PATIL, JJ.

DATE : 8th AUGUST, 2025.

P.C.:- 1) It is an admitted fact on record that, the Discharge Application preferred by the Applicant on 6th December 2019, is pending for final adjudication for last more than 5 years on the file of the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Kolhapur.

2) In view thereof, the Application is allowed in terms of prayer clause (d).

3) As we have allowed present Application in terms of prayer clause (d), learned Advocate for the Applicant, on instructions do not press prayer clauses (a) to (c).

(RAJESH S. PATIL, J.) (A.S. GADKARI, J.) 1/1 Signed by: Diksha Rane Designation: PS To Honourable Judge Date: 18/08/2025 19:31:53