01-APEAL-717-2021.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.717 OF 2021 Umesh Vilas Rahane ...Appellant Versus The State of Maharashtra & Anr. ...Respondents WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO.2196 OF 2025 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.717 OF 2021 Umesh Vilas Rahane ...Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra & Anr. ...Respondents —————— Mr. Aniket Vagal a/w Savvy Kolhekar & Juhi Kadu, for the Appellant/ Applicant. Ms. S. M. Yadav, APP, for the Respondent No.1-State. Mr. Heramb S. Kadam i/b Sachin Kadam, for Respondent No.2. —————— Coram: Madhav J. Jamdar, J. Date: September 16, 2026 P.C.: 1. For the reasons recorded separately, following Order is passed: O R D E R i. Appeal is allowed. ii. The Judgment and Order dated 28th August 2019 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Niphad, in Sessions Case No.18 of 2016, is quashed and set aside. Arjun 1 ARJUN VITTHAL KUDHEKAR Digitally signed by ARJUN VITTHAL KUDHEKAR Date: 2026.09.16 13:42:28 +0530 01-APEAL-717-2021.doc iii. The Appellant is acquitted of the offences punishable under Sections 376(2)(i)(n) and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and Sections 4 and 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. iv. Accordingly, the Appellant - Umesh Vilas Rahane, is directed to be released forthwith, if not required in any other case. 2. As the transcribing of the detailed Judgment and Order will take some time, this operative part of the Judgment and Order is uploaded immediately. [Madhav J. Jamdar, J.] Arjun 2