23 APEAL(ST)-19935-25.DOC IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL (ST) NO. 19935 OF 2025 Aslam Mohammed Taj Ansari ..Appellant Versus State of Maharashtra & anr. …Respondents WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 3673 OF 2025 Mr. Manan Talati, i/b Mr. Nikhilesh Pote, for the Appellant. Smt. R S Tendulkar, APP for Respondent – State. CORAM : N. J. JAMADAR, J. DATE : 20th August 2026 P.C.: APPEAL (ST)/19935/2025 1. Heard. 2. Admit. 3. Issue notice to the respondents. 4. Smt. Tendulkar, the learned APP, waives notice for the Respondent No.1. 5. The Respondent No.2 be served through the Senior P. I., Kalwa Police Station, Thane. 6. Call R & P. SAINATH, PA 1/2 SAINATH SANJAY BODKHE Digitally signed by SAINATH SANJAY BODKHE Date: 2026.08.24 21:02:58 +0530 23 APEAL(ST)-19935-25.DOC IA/3673/2025 7. The notice of the application has been duly served on the Respondent No.2. 8. None appears for the Respondent No.2. 9. The applicant is in custody. Thus, for the reasons assigned in the application and to advance the cause of substantive justice, the delay in preferring the appeal deserves to be condoned, as the appeal has been preferred by the appellant upon the legal aid having been provided by the Legal Services Authority. 10. The Interim Application stands allowed in terms of prayer clause (a). 11. The delay in preferring the appeal stands condoned. [N. J. JAMADAR, J.] SAINATH, PA 2/2