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

11 20-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the appellants, learned Additional Public Prosecutors for the State as also learned counsel for the informant.

2. The records of these appeals have been placed before this Court to consider the prayer of the appellants for suspension of their sentence and release on bail during pendency of the appeals.

3. The appellants in these appeals have been convicted vide judgment dated 09.07.2024 and sentenced vide order dated 11.07.2024 passed by learned Additional District and Sessions Judge-III, Kaimur at Bhabhua, in Sessions Trial No. 82 of 2021, arising out of Chand P.S. Case No. 157 of 2020, for the offences punishable under Sections 302 /364/201 of the Indian Penal Code . They have been ordered to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs.20,000/- for the offence punishable under Section 302 IPC and in default of payment of fine, they have to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for two months. For sake of brevity, the sentences awarded under other sections are not mentioned