1 srk IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Criminal Application No.3025 of 2009 The State of Maharashtra Applicant Vs. Laxman Bapu Patil Respondent Ms.S.V.Gajare, APP for State. CORAM: B. H. MARLAPALLE & MRS.MRIDULA BHATKAR, JJ. April 6, 2010. P.C. 1. Heard. The respondent came to be convicted by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, First Class in Regular Criminal Case No.480 of 1999 for the offences punishable under Sections 409, 467, 468 and 477A of IPC and the said order dated 3/5/2006 was challenged in Criminal Appeal No. 36 of 2006 which was allowed by the learned Ad-hoc Additional Sessions Judge at Kolhapur on 15/1/2009. 2 2. Hence the State of Maharashtra has filed this application seeking leave to appeal under Section 378(3) of Cr.P.C. against the order of acquittal. 3. We have perused the reasoning set out by both the Courts below and we are satisfied that leave to appeal deserves to be granted. 4. Hence leave under Section 378(3) of Cr.P.C. is hereby granted. 5. Appeal is admitted. 6. Action under Section 390 of Cr.P.C. to be taken by the Court below. (MRS.MRIDULA BHATKAR, J.) (B. H. MARLAPALLE, J.)