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[2025:RJ-JP:29237-DB] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR D.B. Criminal Misc Suspension Of Sentence Application No. 1124/2025 IN D.B. Criminal Appeal No.185/2025 Devendra Son Of Bajranglal, Aged About 37 Years, Resident Of Amlda Police Station Itawa District Kota Rural (Presently Confined In Central Jail Kota) ----Petitioner Versus State Of Rajasthan, Through Pp ----Respondent For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Dinesh Kumar Garg. For Respondent(s) For Complainant(s) : : Mr. Jitendra Singh Rathore, Additional Government Advocate. Mr. Santosh Kumar Jain. HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE INDERJEET SINGH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE BHUWAN GOYAL Order 31/07/2025
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 the sentence of life imprisonment has been awarded to the applicant under Section 302 read with Section 149 of IPC and he is in judicial custody at Central Jail, Kota. He further submits that the applicant has been falsely implicated in this matter and according to the statement of eye witness PW-14 (Sunil), neck injury on the deceased has been caused by co-accused person ‘Ram Villas’ by using ' ’ कु ल्हाड़ी . He further submits that the sentence
[2025:RJ-JP:29237-DB] (2 of 2) [SOSA-1124/2025] of similarly situated co-accused persons have already been suspended by this Court. He further submits that the 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 sentence of similarly situated co-accused persons have 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 26.08.2025 and thereafter as and when called upon to do so. 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/33