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

9 03-12-2025 Heard learned counsel for the appellant and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

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 28.02.2024 and sentenced vide order dated 01.03.2024 in connection with POCSO Case No. 60 of 2019 (CIS No. 60/2019), arising out of Nokha P.S. Case No. 297 of 2018, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-VI-cum- Special Judge, POCSO, Rohtas at Sasaram for the offences under Sections 376 and 366/34 of the Indian Penal Code (in short the ‘IPC’) and Section 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 20 years with a fine of Rs. 20,000/- and in default of payment of fine, to further undergo additional imprisonment for six months for the offence under of the POCSO Act and to undergo impri