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SMT. SHEETAL BAI WIFE OF LATE SHRI KIRODI v. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

SOSA/256/2025 · 2025-03-11

Inderjeet Singh, Pramil Kumar Mathur

Criminal Appealbody2025

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[2025:RJ-JP:11036-DB] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR D.B. Criminal Misc Suspension Of Sentence Application No. 256/2025 IN D.B. Criminal Appeal No.143/2024 Smt. Sheetal Bai Wife Of Late Shri Kirodi, Aged About 48 Years, Resident Of Gularghata Dhandhupura Karauli Police Station Kotwali District Karauli (Rajasthan) (Presently The Accused Appellant Is Confined In District Jail Karauli) ----Petitioner Versus State Of Rajasthan, Through Pp ----Respondent For Petitioner(s) : Mr. S.K. Gupta, Senior Counsel assisted by Ms. Surbhi Agarwal. For Respondent(s) : Mr. Vivek Sharma, Additional Government Advocate with Mr. Gourav Gupta. HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE INDERJEET SINGH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRAMIL KUMAR MATHUR Order 11/03/2025 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 Section 302/34 of IPC and he is in judicial custody at District Jail Karauli. He further submits that the applicant is a lady and she has been [2025:RJ-JP:11036-DB] (2 of 3) [SOSA-256/2025] falsely implicated in this matter. He further submits that the case rests on circumstantial evidence and the weapon of offence i.e. ‘Iron Rod’ has been recovered from other another person namely ‘Govind’. He further submits that co-accused person Ramraj @ Rajaram has already been suspended by this court vide order dated 18.10.2024 passed in D.B. Criminal Misc. Suspension of Sentence Application No.1212/2024. He further submits that the hearing of appeal may take long time and prayed that sentence awarded to the applicant may be suspended and she 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 is a lady and co-accused person Ramraj @ Rajaram 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 she shall appear before this Court on 17.04.2025 and thereafter as and when called upon to do so. [2025:RJ-JP:11036-DB] (3 of 3) [SOSA-256/2025] 7. Office is directed to send a copy of this order to the concerned trial Court through e-mail/fax for necessary compliance. (PRAMIL KUMAR MATHUR),J (INDERJEET SINGH),J MG/24