938 - CRI IA - 273 - 2026.docx IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 273 OF 2026 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 592 OF 2025 Nitin Alias Bapu Ramesh Patole … Applicant V/s. The State of Maharashtra & Anr. … Respondents Ms. Suvarna Yadav for the Applicant. Dr. A. A. Takalkar, APP for the State. Ms. Supriya Koli for Respondent No.2 (Appointed Advocate). CORAM : ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J. DATED : SEPTEMBER 9, 2026 P.C.: 1. By the present Application, the Applicant has sought suspension of sentence and bail. 2. Ms. Suvarna Yadav, learned Advocate for the Applicant, submits that the Applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present crime. She submits that the medical evidence does not support the case of the prosecution. She submits that there are several contradictions in the case of the prosecution. She, therefore, requests for grant of the present Application. 3. Dr. A. A. Takalkar, learned APP for the State, submits that there is VRJ 1 VAIBHAV RAMESH JADHAV Digitally signed by VAIBHAV RAMESH JADHAV Date: 2026.09.10 10:08:14 +0530 938 - CRI IA - 273 - 2026.docx more than sufficient evidence on record, which has been considered by the Trial Court while convicting the Applicant and imposing the sentence. She submits that the Applicant was in jail during the pendency of Special Case No. 32 of 2024. 4. Ms. Supriya Koli, learned Advocate for Respondent No. 2, submits that the Applicant has violated the rights of Respondent No. 2. She submits that Respondent No. 2 has supported the prosecution and that the Trial Court, by a reasoned order, has convicted the Applicant. 5. Perused the impugned judgment dated 27th March 2025. The Trial Court has applied its mind and has meticulously addressed the evidence led by the prosecution and found Applicant guilty of the offence. Contention raised by Ms. Suvarna Yadav, learned Advocate for the Applicant will be considered on merits of the Appeal. 6. In view of the above, and considering the fact that the Applicant was in jail during the pendency of Special Case No. 32 of 2024, which has now culminated in conviction, with the Applicant being sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment, I do not find any case for indulgence in this Interim Application. 7. Interim Application No.273 of 2026 is, therefore, dismissed. (ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J.) VRJ 2