Advocates:
['HR BISHNOI', '', 'VIJAY BISHNOI', 'SUNIL BISHNOI', 'PP']

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR

S.B. Suspension Of Sentence(Appeal) No. 486/2018

In

S.B. Criminal Appeal No.990/20117

Bhagwandas S/o Shri Kashidas, B/c Vaishnav, R/o Rakampura, Police

Station Bhadsoda, District Chittorgarh

----Petitioner

Versus

State

----Respondent

For Petitioner(s)

:

Mr. H.R. Bishnoi

For Respondent(s)

:

Mr. Rajesh Bhati, P.P.

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJAY BISHNOI

Order

13/09/2018

Heard learned counsel for the parties on S.B. Criminal

Suspension of Sentence Application No.486/2018.

Learned counsel for the appellant has submitted that appellant

was convicted for the offence punishable under Section 8/15 & 25 of the

NDPS Act, 1985 and the maximum sentence awarded to the appellant is

of 15 years. It is submitted that appellant has already undergone half of

the sentence i.e. seven years and six months and hearing of the appeal

is likely to take time, therefore, sentence awarded by the trial court be

suspended. Learned counsel for the appellant while placing reliance on

the decisions of Hon’ble Supreme Court in Thana Singh vs. Central

Bureau of Narcotics reported in (2013) 2 SCC 603 and Mayuresh

Nandkumar Purohit vs. Kaushik Manna & Anr. repo