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

8 17-12-2025 Heard learned counsel for the appellant and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State of Bihar.

2. Records of this case 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 28.02.2024 and sentenced vide order dated 06.03.2024 by learned A.D.J.-VI-cum-Special Judge, POCSO, Bettiah (West Champaran) in connection with S.G.R. No. 307 of 2020, CIS POCSO No. 107 of 2019 arising out of Bettiah Mahila P.S. Case No. 14 of 2019 for the offences punishable under Sections 376D /120B of the Indian Penal Code (in short ‘IPC’) and Sections 4 /17 and 6/17 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (in short ‘POCSO Act’). He has been ordered to undergo rigorous imprisonment for twenty years and to pay a fine of Rs.10,000/- for the offence under Section 376D /120B IPC and in case of default of payment of fine, he has to further undergo rigorous imprisonment