Haridas Khanduji Balkar vs State of Maharashtra — 19/2025

Summary: Criminal Appeal No. 19/2025 by Haridas Khanduji Balkar against his conviction for an offense under Section 3 of the Black Magic Act, 2013 was partially allowed. The Additional Sessions Judge, Buldana suspended the substantive sentence of one year rigorous imprisonment pending final hearing of the appeal, on condition that the appellant furnish a PR Bond of Rs. 15,000 with one surety in the like amount. The appellant had already deposited the fine of Rs. 25,000 in the trial court. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.