CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SOURENDRA PANDEY ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD)

6 03-12-2025 Heard learned counsel for the appellant and learned counsel for the informant/respondent No. 2. The State has been represented by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor.

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 the pendency of the appeal.

3. The appellant has been convicted vide judgment dated 12.09.2023 and sentenced vide order dated 16.09.2023 in connection with POCSO Case No. 03 of 2023, arising out of Dandari P.S. Case No. 63 of 2021, passed by the learned Exclusive Special Court (POCSO Act)-cum-6th Additional Sessions Judge, Begusarai for the offences under Section 366-A of the Indian Penal Code (in short the ‘IPC’) and Section 3 /4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (in short the ‘POCSO Act’). He has been ordered to undergo rigorous imprisonment for ten years with a fine of Rs. 10,000/- and in default of payment of fine, to further undergo simple imprisonment for three months for th