HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT

JODHPUR

S.B. 4^th Suspension Of Sentence(Appeal) No. 906/2018

Dukhan Yadav S/o Jangi Yadav, Aged About 65 Years, B/c Yadav,

R/o Bagaha P.s. Jadavpur, Dist. Gopalganj, Bihar, Presently R/o

Indra Colony, Jodhpur (Presently In Central Jail Jodhpur)

----Petitioner

Versus

State, Through Pp, Raj. High Court, Jodhpur

----Respondent

For Petitioner(s)

:

Mr. B.R. Bishnoi

For Respondent(s)

:

Mr. O.P. Rathi, P.P.

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJAY BISHNOI

Order

14/09/2018

Heard learned counsel for the parties on S.B. Criminal 4^th

Suspension of Sentence Application No.906/2018.

Learned counsel for the appellant has submitted that

appellant was convicted for the offence punishable under Section

8/20 of the NDPS Act, 1985 and the maximum sentence awarded

to the appellant is of 10 years. It is submitted that appellant has

already undergone more than half of the sentence i.e. six 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 Na