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2025 DAILYLAW 11297 (RAJ)

GEETAM SON OF SHRI BHEEMA RAM v. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

SOSA/580/2025 · 2025-08-06

Bhuwan Goyal, Inderjeet Singh

Criminal Appealbody2025

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[2025:RJ-JP:30261-DB] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR D.B. Criminal Misc Suspension Of Sentence Application No. 580/2025 IN D.B. Criminal Appeal No.297/2024 Geetam Son Of Shri Bheema Ram, Aged About 33 Years, Resident Of Village Judawaie, Police Station Faraha District Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) Presently Resident Of House No. 1, Bajrang Nagar, Colony, Mukundpura Road, Police Station Bhakrota Jaipur (Presently Confined In Central Jail Jaipur) ----Petitioner Versus 1. State Of Rajasthan, Through Pp 2. Prahlad Kharra Son Of Shri Choturam Kharra, Aged About 40 Years, Resident Of Village Kurbada Police Station Neem Ka Thana, District Sikar ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Rajneesh Gupta. Mr. Utkarsh Goyal. Mr. Naresh Kumar Chaturvedi. For Respondent(s) : Mr. Sudesh Kumar Saini, Additional Government Advocate. HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE INDERJEET SINGH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE BHUWAN GOYAL Order 06/08/2025 1. This suspension of sentence application has been filed by the applicant along with the appeal. 2. Counsel for the applicant has annexed the certificate under Rule 311 (3) of the Rajasthan High Court Rules to the effect that during the trial, the applicant was on bail and the sentence of life imprisonment has been awarded to the applicant under Sections [2025:RJ-JP:30261-DB] (2 of 3) [SOSA-580/2025] 302 & 120-B of IPC and under Section 3(2)(v) of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and he is in judicial custody at Central Jail, Jaipur. He further submits that the applicant has been falsely implicated in this matter and the case rest on circumstantial evidence. He further submits that the sentence of similarly situated co-accused person Gopal Lal has already been suspended by this Court and hearing of appeal may take long time and prayed that sentence awarded to the applicant may be suspended and he be released on bail during the pendency of the appeal. 3. Learned Additional Government Advocate has opposed the suspension of sentence application. 4. We have heard counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the present case and the fact that the applicant was on bail during trial and the sentence of similarly situated co-accused person Gopal Lal has already been suspended by this Court and the hearing of appeal may take long time, We deem it just and proper to allow this criminal miscellaneous suspension of sentence application. 6. In that view of the matter, this criminal miscellaneous suspension of sentence application is allowed and it is ordered that execution of sentence awarded to the applicant shall remain suspended during the pendency of the criminal appeal and the applicant be admitted to bail subject to satisfaction of the trial Court with the stipulation that he shall appear before this Court on 28.08.2025 and thereafter as and when called upon to do so. [2025:RJ-JP:30261-DB] (3 of 3) [SOSA-580/2025] 7. Office is directed to send a copy of this order to the concerned trial Court through e-mail/fax for necessary compliance. (BHUWAN GOYAL),J (INDERJEET SINGH),J MG/23