ORDER 1. Permission to file special leave petition(s) is granted. 2. Delay condoned. 3. Leave granted. 4. We are not burdening the respondents by issuing notice as there are similar matters which have already been remitted by this Court to the High Court. 5. In view of the decision rendered on 31.10.2017 in C.A. Nos.1564-1565/2016 (Bibibai Babu Patil v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors.) and batch, the matter is remitted to the High Court. The impugned judgment is set aside. 6. In case the respondents are aggrieved by this order, they are free to file appropriate application before this Court. 7. With the aforesaid observation, the appeals are disposed of. 8. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand disposed of.