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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

Date of decision: 07th January, 2026

+ CRL.A. 674/2024

PAWAN KUMAR GUPTA .....Appellant

Through: Ms. Inderjeet Sidhu, Advocate

with DHCLSC, Mr. Lalit Choudhary, Ms. Sanskriti

Mishra, Advocates.

versus

STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent

Through: Mr. Aman Usman, APP with

Mr. Sanjay Lao, Standing

Counsel.

Insp. Amit Kumar, PS-

Sadarpur. CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVINDER DUDEJA

RAVINDER DUDEJA, J. (ORAL)

CRL.M. (BAIL) 1265/2024 in CRL.A. 674/2024

1. The present application has been filed under Section 430 and Section 528 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 [“BNSS”], seeking suspension of sentence and release of the appellant on bail

during the pendency of the appeal.

2. The captioned appeal has been preferred by the appellant, seeking setting aside of Judgment of Conviction dated 20.03.2024 and Order on Sentence dated 23.04.2024, passed by the learned Trial Court in Sessions Case No. 326/2017 in FIR No. 94/2017, registered

at PS Badarpur, whereby, the appellant has been held guilty for the offence under Section 302/379 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [“IPC”] and has been sentenced, inter alia, to undergo rigorous impriso