919-Criappl-4358-2025.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.4358 OF 2025 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.870 OF 2025 Shankar S/o Dimgabar Bharkad …. Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra …. Respondent ….. Mr. Dhanraj S. Ingole h/f Mr. N. S. Ghanekar, Advocate for the Applicant Ms. A. S. Deshmukh, APP for the Respondent - State ….. CORAM : NEERAJ P. DHOTE, J. DATE : 19.11.2025 PER COURT : 1. Heard the learned Advocate for the Applicant - Appellant and the learned AGP for the Respondent – State. 2. This is an Application for suspension of substantive sentence imposed by the learned Sessions Judge, Bhokar, District Nanded, in Sessions Case No.15/2020, convicting the Applicant for the offence punishable under Section 325 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [hereinafter referred to as ‘IPC’] and sentencing him to suffer Rigorous Imprisonment for four [04] years and fine of Rs.2,500/- [Rupees Two Thousand Five Hundred Only], in default to suffer Rigorous Imprisonment for three [03] months. 3. The learned APP for the Respondent – State opposes the Application. Sameer/November-2025 1 919-Criappl-4358-2025.odt 4. The Co-convict – Manikrao, who is convicted by the impugned Judgment and Order for the offence punishable under Section 304 Part II of IPC and sentenced to suffer Rigorous Imprisonment for ten [10] years and fine of Rs.5000/- [Rupees Five Thousand Only], in default to suffer Rigorous Imprisonment for six [06] months, has been granted bail on suspension of sentence by order dated 06/11/2025 passed in Criminal Application No.4062/2025 in Criminal Appeal No.812/2025. The maximum sentence imposed on the Applicant is four [04] years of imprisonment. The Applicant has undergone three [03] years and nine [09] months of imprisonment. The Appeal will not come up for final hearing in near future. Hence, I proceed to pass the following order: ORDER [I] Criminal Application is allowed. [II] The substantive sentence imposed upon the Applicant, namely, Shankar S/o Dimgabar Bharkad, by the learned Sessions Judge, Bhokar, District Nanded, vide Judgment and Order dated 25/09/2025, passed in Sessions Case No.15/2020, is hereby suspended till final disposal of the Appeal. [III] The Applicant be released on bail on furnishing P.R. bond of Rs.15,000/- [Rupees Fifteen Thousand] with one surety in the like amount. [IV] The Applicant shall co-operate in early disposal of the Appeal. [V] Bail before the Trial Court. [VI] Criminal Application stands disposed off accordingly. [NEERAJ P. DHOTE, J.] Sameer/November-2025 2