CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA KUMAR ORAL ORDER

8 20-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the appellant, learned APP for the State and learned counsel for the Informant.

2. The informant/victim has not been impleaded as Respondent No. 2 in this appeal. However, Mr. Mani Shankar Mani appeared suo motu on her behalf and his vakalatnama is on record.

3. Learned counsel for the appellant is seeking permission to implead the informant/victim as Respondent No.

2 in course of day.

4. Permission is accorded.

5. At this stage, Learned counsel for the appellant is pressing the prayer, as made in the memo of appeal, for suspending the execution of sentence and release of the appellant on bail during pendency of the appeal submitting that the impugned judgment of conviction and order of sentence are not sustainable in the eye of law. He further submits that the appellant has been convicted under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of the POCSO Act and he has been sentenced to R.I. for 10 years and fine of Rs. 15