36-ia-1962-26.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 1962 OF 2026 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.226 OF 2022 Rehana Ejaz Ahmed Ansari …Applicant In the Matter of Ijaj Ahmed @ Furtila Abdul Matin Ansari ...Appellant V/s. State of Maharashtra & Ors. ...Respondents. WITH CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.226 OF 2022 Ijaj Ahmed @ Furtila Abdul Matin Ansari ...Appellant V/s. State of Maharashtra & Ors. ...Respondents. ………….. Ms Saba Salim i/by Tajammul Khan for the Applicant. Mr. Mayur Sonawane, APP for the Respondent/State. Ms Priyanka Chavan for the Respondent/Victim (through VC). PSI Sutar, Agripada Police Station is present. ………….. CORAM : N.R. BORKAR, J. DATE : 17.09.2026. P.C. : 1. Criminal Appeal No. 226 of 2022 is not on board. Taken on board. 2. Criminal Appeal No. 226 of 2022 takes exception to the judgment and order dated 27.1.2022 passed by the Special Judge Under P.O.C.S.O. Act, 2012, Greater Bombay in Special Case No.369 of 2016. Dinesh S. Sherla 1/3 36-ia-1962-26.odt 3. In the aforesaid special case, the appellant was tried for the offences punishable under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short “IPC”) and Sections 10 and 12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. 4. By the impugned judgment and order, the Special Court has convicted the appellant for the offence punishable under Sections 10 and 12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and sentenced him to suffer R.I. for 5 years and 3 years respectively. 5. By Interim Application No. 1962 of 2026, the applicant – Rehana, wife of the appellant in Criminal Appeal No. 226 of 2022, seeks withdrawal of the appeal and refund of amount of Rs.20,000/- deposited by the appellant towards cash bail, on the ground that during pendency of the present appeal, the appellant has expired on 15.07.2024. The death certificate of the appellant is annexed at Exhibit-C to the interim application. The concerned police station has verified and confirmed the said fact. . 6. In that view of the matter, Criminal Appeal No.226 of 2022 is dismissed as abated. 7. The concerned Court shall refund the amount of Rs.20,000/- deposited by the appellant towards cash bail to the applicant Rehana in Interim Application No. 1962 of 2026. Dinesh S. Sherla 2/3 36-ia-1962-26.odt 8. The Appeal and the Interim Application are disposed of in the aforesaid terms. [N.R.BORKAR, J.] Dinesh S. Sherla 3/3