CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD)

16 06-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the appellant and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. No one appears on behalf of the informant despite the fact that the informant has entered appearance and his name is appearing in the cause list.

2. Records have been placed before this Court to consider the prayer of the appellant for suspension of his sentence and release on bail during pendency of the appeal.

3. The appellant has been convicted vide judgment dated 22.02.2024 and sentenced vide order dated 28.02.2024 in G.R. No. 41 of 2022 arising out of Paroo P.S. Case No. 334 of

2021 passed by learned Additional District and Sessions Judge- VII-cum-Special Judge POCSO (II), Muzaffarpur, for the offence punishable under Sections 376(1) of the Indian Penal Code (in short ‘I.P.C.’) and Section 4 of the POCSO Act and has been ordered to undergo rigorous imprisonment for twenty years with a fine of Rs. 10,000/- for the offence under Section 4 (2) of the POCSO Act and in default of payment of fine, he shall further undergo simpl