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

3 21-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the appellants and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The records of this case 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 appeal.

3. Both the appellants have been convicted vide judgment dated 18.03.2025 and sentenced vide order dated 20.03.2025 by learned District and Additional Sessions Judge- 13, Rohtas at Sasaram in connection with Sessions Trial No. 166 of 2002 arising out of Nasriganj (Rajpur) P.S. Case No. 172 of 2001 for the offences punishable under Section 302 /34 of the Indian Penal Code (in short ‘IPC’) and Section 27 of the Arms Act and have been ordered to undergo life imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs.50,000/- for the offence under Section 302 /34 IPC and for the offence under Section 27 of the Arms Act , they have further been ordered to undergo seven years rigorous imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs.10,000/-. Both the sentences are to run conc