1/3 501-APEAL-983-2013 AND CONNECTED MATTERS.DOC IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.983 OF 2013 Govindrao Jotirao Bange ….Appellant VERSUS Tanaji Appasaheb Bagadi and Anr. ....Respondents WITH CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.984 OF 2013 Vidyadhar Shamrao Bange ….Appellant VERSUS Tanaji Appasaheb Bagadi and Anr. ....Respondents WITH CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.985 OF 2013 Shankarrao Jotirao Bange ….Appellant VERSUS Tanaji Appasaheb Bagadi and Anr. ....Respondents WITH CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.986 OF 2013 Rangrao Jotirao Bange ….Appellant VERSUS Tanaji Appasaheb bagadi and Anr. ....Respondents _________________________________________________________________ None for Appellant. Mr. S. H. Yadav, APP, for the Respondent-State. _________________________________________________________________ CORAM : ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J. DATE : 24th SEPTEMBER, 2026. Shantanu S. Dhudum SHANTANU SHANKARSA DHUDUM Digitally signed by SHANTANU SHANKARSA DHUDUM Date: 2026.09.24 18:40:14 +0530 2/3 501-APEAL-983-2013 AND CONNECTED MATTERS.DOC P.C. 1. When these matters are called out, neither the Appellant nor the Advocate for the Appellant are present physically or through V. C. mode. 2. Learned APP for the Respondent – State, by referring to the decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Celestium Financial Vs. A. Gnanasekaran Etc., reported in 2025 SCC OnLine SC 1320, submits that these proceedings would now lay before the Sessions Court having jurisdiction. He therefore submits that these proceedings be transferred to the Sessions Court having jurisdiction. 3. In view of the above, the following order is passed :- (i) The present proceedings be transferred to the Sessions Court, having jurisdiction; (ii) The Registrar (Judicial) of this Court to take appropriate steps for transferring these proceedings to the Sessions Court, having jurisdiction; (iii) The Sessions Court, to which these proceedings would be transferred or assigned, after re-registration of the same, shall issue notice to the parties to the said proceedings and thereafter proceed with the matters on its own merits and in accordance with law. Shantanu S. Dhudum 3/3 501-APEAL-983-2013 AND CONNECTED MATTERS.DOC (iv) Considering the proceedings which are now being transferred have been pending for some time, the Sessions Court to which these proceedings would be assigned is requested to make an endeavour to expedite the proceedings. Parties shall cooperate in the early disposal of the proceedings. 4. Criminal Appeal Nos.983, 984, 985 and 986 of 2014 are disposed of. 5. Interim Application, if any, is also disposed of. ( ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J.) Shantanu S. Dhudum