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Nilesh Baburao Gitte v. State of Maharashtra

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Bench K.V. Viswanathan and K. Vinod Chandran JJ.
Decided 7 October 2025

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons stated above, we allow the appeal, set aside the judgment of the High Court in Criminal Appeal No. 447 of 2012 dated 23.07.2013 and acquit the appellant of all the charges framed against him.

Judgment, page 23

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Appellant was convicted for matricide-killing of one’s own mother. By the present appeal, the appellant calls in question the correctness of the judgment of the High Court. Headnotes† Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 – Matricide-killing of one’s own mother – Prosecution case that Police received an unknown call informing that there was a doubtful death – Police reached the spot – Last rites of the dead body was hurriedly carried out – The body was inspected and it was found that there was strangulation mark on the neck and injury on the backside of skull with blood oozing…

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