Neeraj Khatri vs The State Of Madhya Pradesh
2021 Latest Caselaw 7366 MP

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                                                                          CRA No.6594/2021

             High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur
                         Bench at Indore
            Criminal Appeal No.6594/2021
Indore, Dated 12.11.2021
       Shri Sachin Bhatnagar, learned counsel for appellant Neeraj

Khatri s/o Shri Rajkumar Khatri.

       Shri Anendra Singh Parihar, learned Panel Lawyer for the

respondent / State of Madhya Pradesh, on advance notice.

Heard on IA No.28065/2021, first application under Section

389 (1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 for suspension of

jail sentence and grant of bail filed on behalf of the appellant.

The present appellant has been convicted and sentenced by

learned Special Judge (under POCSO Act, 2012) / 6th Additional

Sessions Judge, Ujjain, District Ujjain (MP) in Sessions Trial

No.435/2019 vide judgment dated 30th October, 2021, as under: -

             Conviction                         Sentence
   Section       Act       RI        Fine        Imprisonment in lieu of fine
                                    amount
    509          IPC      1 year   Rs.1,000/-              3 months RI
   11 r/w     POSCO Act   1 year   Rs.1,000/-              3 months RI

Counsel for the appellant has submitted that the appellant was

on bail during the trial and he did not misuse the liberty so granted to

him. After conviction, the jail sentence of the appellant has already

been suspended by the trial Court itself up to 29.11.2021. It is

further submitted that there are fair chances of success in the appeal

and there is no possibility of early disposal of this appeal in near

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future and if the sentence is not suspended, then the present appeal

filed by the appellant may turn infructuous. Under these

circumstances and looking to the short sentence imposed on the

appellant, counsel for the appellant prays for suspension of jail

sentence of the appellant and grant of bail to him.

Counsel for the respondent / State of Madhya Pradesh, on the

other hand, opposed the application by submitting that no sufficient

ground is made out for releasing the appellant on bail; hence the

application filed by the appellant be dismissed.

Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the

arguments advanced by the counsel for the parties, this Court is of

the considered opinion that the application for suspension of

custodial sentence deserves to be allowed.

Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on merits of the

case, IA No.28065/2021 is allowed and it is directed that on

furnishing a personal bond by the appellant in the sum of

Rs.50,000/- (Rupees fifty thousand only) with a solvent surety in

the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned trial Court, for his /

her regular appearance before concerned trial Court, the execution

of the custodial part of the sentence imposed against the appellant

shall remain suspended, till the final disposal of this appeal.

The appellant, after being enlarged on bail, shall mark his /

her presence before the concerned trial Court on 11.04.2021 and on

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all such subsequent dates, as may be fixed by the concerned Court in

this regard.

Let the record of the case from the concerned trial Court be

requisitioned; and list the matter on the question of admission soon

thereafter.

C. c. as per rules.

(Subodh Abhyankar) Judge rcp

RAMESH CHANDRA PITHWE 2021.11.12 17:58:46 +05'30'