Chattisgarh High Court
Satpal Ghritlahre vs State Of Chhattisgarh on 8 April, 2025
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HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR
CRR No. 454 of 2025
1 - Satpal Ghritlahre S/o Maniram Ghritlahre Aged About 29 Years R/o Village
Rasota, Police Station- Palari, District : Balodabazar-Bhathapara, Chhattisgarh
... appellant
versus
1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Police Station Palari, District :
Balodabazar-Bhathapara, Chhattisgarh
... Respondent(s)
Order on Board 08/05/2025 Mr. Rahul Agrawal, learned counsel for the applicants.
Ms. Pragya Shrivastava, Dy. Govt. Advocate for the Respondent/ State.
The Criminal Revision is admitted for hearing. Call for the record of the trial Court as well as appellate 2 Court.
Also heard on I.A. No. 01/2025 which is application for suspension of sentence and grant of bail.
Learned counsel for the applicant would submit that the total period of sentence awarded to the applicant is of three months. The applicant was on bail during the trial as well as during the appeal and presently he is in jail since the date of judgment passed by the appellate Court i.e. 28.03.2025. The final adjudication of the case will take its own time, therefore, he may be enlarged on bail.
On the other hand, the learned counsel for the State opposes the submissions made by learned counsel for the applicant.
I have heard learned counsel for the parties. It transpires from perusal of the impugned judgment that the applicant has been convicted for the offence under Section 341 and 354 of IPC. Section 354 of IPC is provided the minimum sentence of 01 year which may extend to 05 years yet the learned appellate Court has awarded the sentence of simple imprisonment of three months of the applicant. It also transpires that no reason has been assigned by the learned appellate Court while imposing the lesser sentence than the minimum sentence provided for the offence.
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Considering the period of sentence awarded to the applicant, and further that the revision is of the year 2025 and it will take its own time for final adjudication, I am inclined to release the appellant on bail.
The I.A. No. 01 of 2025 is allowed.
The appellant shall be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond for a sum Rs. 25,000/- with one surety in like sum to the satisfaction of the Trial Court for his appearance before Registry of this Court on 11.06.2025. He shall thereafter, appear before the trial Court on a date to be given by the Registry of this Court and shall continue to appear there on all such subsequent dates as are given to him by the said Court, till disposal of this appeal.
List this case for final hearing.
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(Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) Judge sagrika Digitally signed by SAGRIKA SAGRIKA AGRAWAL AGRAWAL Date:
2025.04.09 10:23:59 +0530