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

4 20-01-2026 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 pendency of the appeal.

3. The appellant has been convicted vide judgment dated 21.06.2024 and sentenced vide order dated 25.06.2024 in Sessions Trial No. 307 of 2021 arising out of Sandesh P.S. Case No. 294 of 2020 passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge- VIII, Bhojpur at Ara, for the offence punishable under Sections

302/34, 396, 397 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (in short ‘I.P.C.’) and has been ordered to undergo life imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 25,000/- for the offence under Section 302 of the I.P.C. and in default of payment of fine, he shall further undergo simple imprisonment for six months. For the sake of brevity, the sentences awarded under other sections are not mentioned.

4. The prosecution case is based on the fardbeyan of one Arun Kumar Singh (PW-3) who accompan