Bombay High Court

LORDU PAPI GADE REDDY AND ANRversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS.

Decided: 27 July 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off
Bench: N JAMADAR

Holding

The court held that the substantive sentence imposed in Special Case No.100381 of 2014 is to remain suspended until the final disposal of the appeal.

Summary

The applicants, Lordu Papi Gade Reddy and Dattkumar Bhaskar Patil, filed an interim application seeking correction of a prior order dated 27 July 2026. The order concerned the status of the substantive sentence imposed by a Special Judge in Special Case No.100381 of 2014, which arose from a POCSO matter. The court examined whether the paragraph describing the sentence needed amendment to reflect that the sentence should remain suspended pending the appeal. It was determined that the original wording was erroneous and required correction. Accordingly, the court ordered that paragraph 19(ii) be amended to state that the sentence stands suspended until the final disposal of the appeal. The corrected order was to be uploaded and the rest of the order left unchanged.

Issues considered

Whether the order dated 27 July 2026 requires correction regarding the status of the substantive sentence imposed in Special Case No.100381 of 2014
Whether the substantive sentence should be suspended pending the final disposal of the appeal

Subjects

interim application
order correction
sentence suspension
appeal pending
POCSO
criminal appellate jurisdiction

Judgment

  2026:BHC-AS:30752
                              This Order is Speaking to Minutes order of order dated //
                                                                                                   30 ia 4838 of 2025-2.doc

                                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                             CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
                                            INTERIM APPLICATION NO.4838 OF 2025
                                                            IN
                                              CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1301 OF 2025

                      Lordu Papi Gade Reddy
                      and
                      Dattkumar Bhaskar Patil                                             ...   Applicants
                            versus
                      The State of Maharashtra and Ors.                                   …     Respondents

                      Ms. Shalaka Karkar i/by Mr. Dilip B. Shinde, Mr. Mohan C. Kumbhar, for
                      Applicants.

                                               CORAM:           N.J.JAMADAR, J.

                                               DATE :           29 JULY 2026

                      P.C.

                      1.       Not on board. Upon mentioning, taken on board.

                      2.       Paragraph No.19 (ii) of the order dated 27 July 2026 be corrected to

                      read as under :

                               “(ii)   The substantive sentence imposed by the learned Special Judge

                      in Special Case No.100381 of 2014 (having registration No.POCSO Spl.

                      Case No.1000659 of 2014) arising out of CR No.201 of 2014 registered with

                      Dadar Police Station, stands suspended till the final disposal of the appeal.”

                      3.       Rest of the order remains unaltered.

                      4.       Original order be corrected and uploaded accordingly.

                                                                                          ( N.J.JAMADAR, J. )


                      SSP                                                     1/1



Signed by: S.S.Phadke
Designation: PS To Honourable Judge
Date: 29/07/2026 21:21:18

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