4.cri.ia.1738.2026.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION NO.1738 OF 2026 IN CRIMINAL APLICATION (ALP) NO.61 OF 2023 Mahesh Sahadev Kir Proprietor Siddhant Krushiseva Kendra … Applicant Versus Mussadiq Mahamadsab Bandarkar … Respondent WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO.1745 OF 2026 IN CRIMINAL APLICATION (ALP) NO.64 OF 2023 Mahesh Sahadev Kir Proprietor Siddhant Krushiseva Kendra … Applicant Versus Mussadiq Mahamadsab Bandarkar … Respondent WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO.1740 OF 2026 IN CRIMINAL APLICATION (ALP) NO.62 OF 2023 Mahesh Sahadev Kir Proprietor Siddhant Krushiseva Kendra … Applicant Versus Mussadiq Mahamadsab Bandarkar … Respondent WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO.1742 OF 2026 IN CRIMINAL APLICATION (ALP) NO.63 OF 2023 Mahesh Sahadev Kir Proprietor Siddhant Krushiseva Kendra … Applicant Versus Mussadiq Mahamadsab Bandarkar … Respondent Vina Khadpe 1 VINA ARVIND KHADPE Digitally signed by VINA ARVIND KHADPE Date: 2026.08.27 17:28:23 +0530 4.cri.ia.1738.2026.doc *** Mr. Sidheshwar Galande i/b. Ms. Shivani Kondekar for the Applicant. None for Respondent No.1. Ms. S. S. Kaushik, APP for Respondent-State. *** CORAM : M.M. SATHAYE, J. DATE : 27 AUGUST, 2026 P.C. : 1. Heard the learned Advocate for the Applicant in all Applications. These Applications are filed seeking extension of time for filing appeals before the Sessions Court, as per liberty granted by this Court vide common order dated 14.10.2025. 2. According to the office note, Respondent No.1 is duly served in all Applications. Nobody appears for Respondent No.1 to oppose the Applications. No reply has been filed. 3. Perused the Applications. In paragraph 5 of the Application, it is stated that the Applicant could not file Appeals in time due to the serious illness of his mother who required constant medical care. Medical certificate is produced on record. It is submitted that the delay was neither willful nor deliberate and was solely attributable to unavoidable circumstances beyond Applicant’s control. 4. Considering that leave is already granted by this Court and further considering the averments made in the Applications, a case of extension to time is made out. 5. Hence the Applications are allowed. Applicant is granted Vina Khadpe 2 4.cri.ia.1738.2026.doc extension of six weeks to file appeals in terms of the liberty granted by order dated 14.10.2025. 6. The Applications are disposed of in above terms. (M.M. SATHAYE, J.) Vina Khadpe 3