IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR SUSPENSION OF SENTENCE) NO.

3 of 2025 In R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 2108 of 2023 ==========================================================

PRAKASHBHAI @ PAKO SHANAJI PATNI Versus STATE OF GUJARAT ==========================================================

Appearance:

Ms DIPIKA P BAJPAI(8365) for the PETITIONER(s) No. 1 MR JAY MEHTA, APP for the RESPONDENT(s) No. 1 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ILESH J. VORA and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R. T. VACHHANI Date : 10/03/2026

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. We have heard Ms. Dipika P. Bajpai, learned advocate and Mr. Jay Mehta, learned APP for the respective parties.

3. By way of this application under Section 430 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, applicant Prakashbhai @ Pako Shanaji Patni, seeks suspension of sentence awarded to him by the Sessions Court concerned for the offence punishable under Section

302 of the Indian Penal Code.

4. The present appeal and the application for sus