Rajasthan High Court - Jodhpur
Lalit Singh vs State Of Rajasthan on 9 October, 2025
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT
JODHPUR
S.B. Criminal Appeal (Sb) No. 2353/2025
Lalit Singh S/o Nirbhay Singh Rajput, Aged About 31 Years,
Resident Of Boheda, Police Station Badi Sadri, District
Chittorgarh Rajasthan, the Appellant Is Lodged In Central Jail,
Chittorgarh
----Appellant
Versus
State Of Rajasthan, Through PP
----Respondent
For Appellant(s) : Mr. Shaitan Singh Kheechar
Mr. Sunil Kumar
For Respondent(s) : Mr. Narendra Singh Chandawat, PP
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP SHAH
Order
09/10/2025
IN S.B. Criminal Appeal (SB) No.2353/2025:-
1. Admit.
2. Call for the record.
IN S.B. Criminal Misc. Bail Application for Suspension of
Sentence No.1869/2025:-
1. Heard learned counsel for the appellant-applicant as well as
learned Public Prosecutor and perused the material available on
record.
2. Learned counsel for the appellant-applicant submits that the
appellant-applicant has been convicted for the offences under
Section 8/15 of the NDPS Act, 1985. He submits that the narcotic
substance recovered from the appellant-applicant is of below
commercial quantity and that the learned Trial Court has convicted
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the appellant-applicant under Section 8/15-B of the NDPS Act,
1985 for rigorous imprisonment for a period of three years' only.
He further submits that the recovery has been undertaken without
complying with the mandatory provisions of the NDPS Act, 1985.
He submits that there is no chance of hearing of the appeal in
near future. He also submits that there are no criminal
antecedents attributable to the appellant-applicant. In these
circumstances, he prays that the appellant-applicant may be
released on bail by allowing suspension of sentence application.
3. Per Contra, Learned Public Prosecutor opposes the
application for suspension of sentence and submits that there has
been compliance of all the mandatory provisions of the NDPS Act,
1985 and the recovery has been effected from the appellant-
applicant, the learned trial Court has passed the conviction against
the appellant-applicant after dealing with each and every aspect of
the case and, therefore, the suspension of sentence application in
question deserves to be dismissed.
4. Upon consideration of the arguments advanced on behalf of
both the sides and having regard to the facts and circumstances of
the case, including the facts that there are no criminal
antecedents attributable to the appellant-applicant, recovery of
narcotic substance is of below commercial quantity, further, the
punishment imposed upon the appellant-applicant is only three
years' rigorous imprisonment, there are arguable points with
regard to non-compliance of the mandatory provisions of the
N.D.P.S. Act, 1985, and the chances of hearing of appeal in near
future being bleak, this Court is of the opinion that it is a fit case
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for suspending the sentence awarded to the accused appellant-
applicant.
5. Accordingly, the application for suspension of sentence filed
under Section 430 BNSS is allowed and it is ordered that the
sentence passed by the learned Special Judge, N.D.P.S. Cases,
Court No.2, Chittorgarh, vide judgment dated 17.09.2025 in
Session Case No.21/2018 (72/2017), against the appellant-
applicant Lalit Singh S/o Nirbhay Singh Rajput, 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.1,00,000/- with two sureties of Rs.50,000/- each to the
satisfaction of the learned trial Judge for his appearance in this
court on 11.11.2025 and whenever ordered to do so till the
disposal of the appeal on the conditions indicated below:-
1. That he/she/they will appear before the trial
Court in the month of January of every year till the
appeal is decided.
2. That if the applicant(s) changes the place of
residence, he/she/they will give in writing
his/her/their 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.
6. The learned trial Court shall keep the record of attendance of
the appellant-applicant in a separate file. Such file be registered
as Criminal Misc. Case related to original case in which the
appellant-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
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to pendency and disposal of cases in the trial court. In case the
said appellant-applicant does not appear before the trial court, the
learned trial Judge shall report the matter to the High Court for
cancellation of bail.
(SANDEEP SHAH),J
9-devrajP/-
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