Rajasthan High Court - Jodhpur
Kuldeep Singh @ Ghodu vs State Of Rajasthan (2025:Rj-Jd:20262) on 25 April, 2025
Author: Farjand Ali
Bench: Farjand Ali
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT
JODHPUR
S.B. Criminal Misc Suspension Of Sentence Application (Appeal)
No. 551/2025
in
S.B. Criminal Appeal No.571/2025
Kuldeep Singh @ Ghodu S/o Sarwan Singh, Aged About 31
Years, R/o Gilwali, At Present R/o 20 Apd, Police Station
Anoopgarh, Dist. Sriganganagar. (Presently Lodged At Central
Jail, Sriganganagar)
----Petitioner
Versus
State Of Rajasthan, Through Pp
----Respondent
For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Rajesh Saharan
For Respondent(s) : Mr. Vikram Rajpurohit, Dy.G.A.
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE FARJAND ALI
Order
25/04/2025
1. The instant application for suspension of sentence has been
moved on behalf of the applicant in the matter of judgment dated
11.03.2025 passed by the learned Addl. Session Judge No.2,
Anoopgarh, District Sri Ganganagar in Sessions Case No.27/2021
whereby he was convicted and sentenced to suffer maximum
imprisonment of five years under Sections 304 part-II of IPC along
with a fine of Rs.10,000/-.
2. It is contended by the learned counsel for the appellant that
the learned trial Judge has not appreciated the correct, legal and
factual aspects of the matter and thus, reached at an erroneous
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conclusion of guilt, therefore, the same is required to be
appreciated again by this court being the first appellate Court. The
appellant was on bail during trial and did not misuse the liberty so
granted to him; hearing of the appeal is likely to take long time,
therefore, the application for suspension of sentence may be
granted.
3. Per contra, learned public prosecutor has vehemently
opposed the prayer made by learned counsel for the accused-
applicant for releasing the appellant on application for suspension
of sentence.
4. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the
material available on record.
5. There is strong arguable case in favour of the appellant
specially looking to the statement of PW-10, Dr. Pawan Goyal and
PW-12 Dr. Anokh Bishnoi as well as postmortem report Exhibit P-
07. Hearing of the appeal would likely to take a long time and
further considering the submission that during the entire course of
trial, he remained on bail and did not misuse the liberty so
granted to him, this court is of the opinion that it is a fit case for
suspending the sentence awarded to the accused-appellant.
6. Accordingly, the application for suspension of sentence filed
under Section 389 Cr.P.C. is allowed and it is ordered that the
sentence passed by learned trial court, the details of which are
provided in the first para of this order, against the appellant-
applicant named above shall remain suspended till final disposal of
the aforesaid appeal and he shall be released on bail provided he
executes a personal bond in the sum of Rs.50,000/-with two
sureties of Rs.25,000/- each to the satisfaction of the learned trial
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Judge for his appearance in this court on 26.05.2025 and
whenever ordered to do so till the disposal of the appeal on the
conditions indicated below:-
1. That he will appear before the trial Court in the month
of January of every year till the appeal is decided.
2. That if the applicant changes the place of residence, he
will give in writing his changed address 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.
7. The learned trial Court shall keep the record of attendance of
the accused-applicant in a separate file. Such file be registered as
Criminal Misc. Case related to original case in which the accused-
applicant was tried and convicted. A copy of this order shall also
be placed in that file for ready reference. Criminal Misc. file shall
not be taken into account for statistical purpose relating to
pendency and disposal of cases in the trial court. In case the said
accused applicant does not appear before the trial court, the
learned trial Judge shall report the matter to the High Court for
cancellation of bail.
(FARJAND ALI),J
97-Pramod/-
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