IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (REGULAR BAIL) NO. 1 of 2026 In R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 218 of 2023 ==========================================================

BHARATBHAI DHULABHAI BARIYA Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.

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Appearance:

THROUGH JAIL for the PETITIONER(s) No. 1 MR PATHIK ACHARYA FOR THE APPLICANT MR DHAWAN JAYSWAL, APP for the RESPONDENT(s) No. 1 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ILESH J. VORA and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R. T. VACHHANI Date : 21/04/2026

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 IPC.

3. The present appeal and the application for suspension of sentence arise from the judgment dated 23.10.2019 and order of sentence passed in Sessions Case No.49 of 2017 (Old Sessions Case No.96 of