IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD CRIMINAL MISC. APPLICATION (FOR SUSPENSION OF SENTENCE)

NO. 1 of 2026 In R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 799 of 2024 ==========================================================

NAVIN BHIKHABHAI HALPATI Versus STATE OF GUJARAT ==========================================================

Appearance:

MR GAJENDRA P BAGHEL(2968) for the PETITIONER(s) No. 1 MR BHARGAV PANDYA APP for the RESPONDENT No. 1 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ILESH J. VORA and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R. T. VACHHANI Date : 16/03/2026

IA ORDER

(PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ILESH J. VORA)

1. Rule. Learned APP waives service of Rule on behalf of respondent State. By consent, Rule is fixed forthwith.

2. By way of this application under Section 430 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, applicant, seeks suspension of sentence awarded to him by the Sessions Court concerned for the offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. The present appeal and the application for suspension of sentence arise from the judgment dated 21.07.2022 and order of sentence passed in Sessions Case No. 62 of 2019, whereby, the applicant herei