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

5 21-01-2026 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 22.01.2025 and sentenced vide order dated 27.01.2025 in connection with Spl (POCSO) No. 32 of 2022 arising out of Araria Mahila P.S. Case No. 52 of 2022 passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge- VI-cum-Special (POCSO) Judge, Araira, for the offence punishable under Sections 341 , 323, 376AB of the Indian Penal Code (in short ‘I.P.C.’), Section 06 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (in short ‘POCSO Act’) and Section 3(2)(v) of the SC/ST Act and has been ordered to undergo life imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 20,000/- for the offence under Section 376AB of the I.P.C. and in default of payment of fine, he shall further undergo simple imprisonment for one month. For the sake of brevity,