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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Criminal Misc. Suspension of Sentence Application No.2073/2025 In S.B. Criminal Appeal (SB) No.2748/2025 Sanjeeta D/o Devphool Meena, Aged About 25 Years, R/o Mangrole, Police Station Sapatara, District Karauli. ----Appellant Versus State Of Rajasthan, Through P.P. ----Respondent For Appellant(s) : Mr. Teeka Ram Meena For Respondent(s) : Mr. Amit Kumar Gupta, Dy.GA/PP with Mr. Shubham Kumar Sain JUSTICE ANOOP KUMAR DHAND
Order 14/10/2025
1. Counsel for the appellant submits that the appellant has been found guilty for the offences punishable under Sections 365 and 120B IPC and maximum sentence awarded to the appellant is three years, which has already been suspended by the Trial Court. Counsel submits that the appellant was on bail during the course of trial and disposal of the appeal is bound to take time, so the sentence awarded to the appellant be suspended till disposal of the appeal.
2. Per contra, learned Public Prosecutor has opposed the prayer.
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3. Heard and considered the submissions made at Bar and perused the material available on record.
4. Considering the arguments put forward by the counsel for the appellant and looking to the fact that the maximum sentence awarded to the appellant is three years, which has already been suspended by the Trial Court and also looking to the fact that the appellant was on bail during the course of trial and disposal of the appeal is bound to take time, therefore, this Court is of the opinion that it is a fit case for suspending the sentence awarded to the accused-appellant.
5. Accordingly, the application for suspension of sentence filed by the applicant is allowed and the sentence awarded by the Court of Additional Sessions Judge No.3, Bharatpur vide
judgment dated 04.10.2025 in Sessions Case No.06/2021 against the appellant Sanjeeta D/o Devphool Meena shall remain suspended till final disposal of the aforesaid appeal, subject to the condition that the appellant shall deposit the fine amount, as imposed by the Trial Court and she shall be released on bail provided she executes a personal bond in the sum of Rs.1,00,000/- with two sureties of Rs.50,000/- each to the satisfaction of the learned trial Court for appearance before this Court on 17.11.2025 and whenever ordered to do so, till the disposal of the appeal on the conditions indicated below:-
1. That she shall appear before the trial Court in the month of January of every year till the appeal is decided.
2. That if the appellant changes the place of residence and mobile number, she will give in writing her changed address and mobile number
(3 of 3) [CRLAS-2748/2025] to the trial Court as well as to the counsel in the High Court.
3. Similarly, if the sureties change their address(s), they will give in writing their changed address to the trial Court.
4. Appellant shall deposit a fine amount as imposed by the learned trial Court.
5. In case the applicant-appellant is found involved in committing and repeating the same offence again, the State/Public Prosecutor would be at liberty to move application for cancellation of bail.
6. The learned trial Court shall maintain the record of attendance of the accused-appellant in a separate file. Such file be registered as Criminal Misc. Case relating to the original case in which the accused-appellant was tried and convicted. A copy of this order shall also be placed in that file for ready reference. Such Criminal Misc. file shall not be taken into account for statistical purpose relating to pendency and disposal of cases in the trial court.
7. In case the said accused-appellant does not appear before the trial court and commit any default, the learned trial Judge shall report the matter to the High Court for cancellation of bail.
(ANOOP KUMAR DHAND),J KuD/32