Vinayak Shantwan Shinde v. State Of Maharashtra And ANR.

NISHA SANDEEP CHITNIS NISHA SANDEEP CHITNIS Date: 2024.01.31 17:28:34 +0530 52-ia.139.2024.doc

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION NO.139 OF 2024 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.31 OF 2024 Vinayak Shantwan Shinde ...Applicant

Versus

The State of Maharashtra and Anr.

...Respondents

Ms. Pooja Agrawal a/w Mr. Vaibhav Kulkarni, for the Applicant. Mr. V. B. Konde-Deshmukh, Addl.P.P for the Respondent No.1 - State.

None for the Respondent No.2.

CORAM : REVATI MOHITE DERE & MANJUSHA DESHPANDE, JJ.

DATE : 29th JANUARY 2024 P.C. :

1.

Heard.

2.

Issue notice to the respondents, returnable on 26th February 2024. Learned APP waives notice on behalf of the respondent No.1-State and seeks time to take instructions. N. S. Chitnis 1/2

52-ia.139.2024.doc 3.

In addition to Court notice, learned counsel for the applicant, to serve the respondent No.2 by private notice and file affidavit of service before the next date.

4.

Learned APP assures to inform the respondent No.2 of the next date, through the concerned officer of the concerned police station. The concerned officer to record the statement of the respondent No.2 as to whether the respondent No.2 intends to engage an advocate of her own choice, or would want an advocate to be appointed on her behalf from the High Court Legal Services Committee.

5.

The said statement of the respondent No.2, so recorded by the police to be placed before this Court on the next date. MANJUSHA DESHPANDE, J.

REVATI MOHITE DERE, J.

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