1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.536 OF 2006 Kailash Bhagchand Laddad ...Appellant. V/s The State of Maharashtra & Anr. ....Respondents. ALONGWITH CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.477 OF 2006 Ramdas @ Ramu @ Hemant Parshuram Rahane. ... Appellant. V/s The State of Maharashtra & Anr. .... Respondents. Ms. Pooja Bhojne with Mr. Nitin Sejpal for the appellant in Criminal Appeal No. 536 of 2006. Mr. J.P. Kharge, APP for State in Criminal Appeal No.536 of 2006 Ms. Pooja Bhojne appointed as amicus curiae for the appellant In Criminal Appeal No.477 of 2006. Mr. A.S. Shitole, APP for the State in Criminal Appeal No.477 of 2006 CORAM: V. M. KANADE, J. DATE : 11TH JUNE, 2010 2 P.C:- For the reasons separately recorded, the following order is passed:- ORDER Appeal is partly allowed. Order of conviction passed by the Sessions Court is confirmed. The sentence awarded by the Sessions Court to both the Appellants, however, is reduced to the sentence which they have already undergone. Appellants, therefore, be released forthwith, unless they are otherwise required in any other case. Bail Bonds of appellant No.2 – Kailash Bhagchand Laddad stands cancelled. Both the appeals are accordingly disposed of. Since the appeals are disposed of, Criminal Application No.42 of 2010 in Criminal Appeal No.536 of 2006 does not survive and the same is also disposed of accordingly. (V.M. KANADE, J.) 3