CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAILENDRA SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD)

8 09-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the appellant and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. Records of trial court have been placed before this Court to consider the prayer of the appellant seeking suspension of her sentence and release on bail during pendency of the appeal.

3. The appellant has been convicted vide judgment dated 15.01.2024 and sentenced vide order dated 17.01.2024 by learned Sessions Judge, Samastipur in S.T. No. 390 of 2022 for the offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (in short ‘IPC’). She has been ordered to suffer imprisonment for life with a fine of Rs. 50,000/- for the offence under Section 302 of IPC and in default of payment of fine, she shall further undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of three months.

4. The appellant is in jail in connection with this case since 08.11.2021.

5. The prosecution case is based on the written information furnished by Ranjesh Shahni who is the father of the victim and husband of the present appellant. According to him, whe