Sanjay Son of Netram Vs State of Rajasthan — Murder and Culpable Homicide | Rajasthan HC (2026)

Sanjay Son of Netram Vs State of Rajasthan — Murder and Culpable Homicide | Rajasthan HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Suspension of execution of sentence during the pendency of the criminal appeal and admission of the applicants to bail subject to satisfaction of the trial Court; applicants directed to appear before this Court on 13.07.2026 and thereafter as and when called upon; Office directed to send a copy of the order to the concerned trial Court through e-mail/fax for necessary compliance.

Issue for consideration

Whether the sentence of life imprisonment awarded to the accused-applicants should be suspended and they be released on bail during the pendency of the criminal appeal (D.B. Criminal Appeal No.504/2025).

Court's answer

Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the statement of Jamshed (PW-6), the post-mortem report (Ex.P-15), and that hearing of the appeal may take long time, the Court deemed it just and proper to allow the suspension of sentence application.

Ratio / Principle

The application is allowed; execution of the sentence awarded to the applicants shall remain suspended during the pendency of the criminal appeal, and the applicants are admitted to bail subject to satisfaction of the trial Court, with a stipulation that they appear before this Court on 13.07.2026 and thereafter as and when called upon.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur Bench (Division Bench: Inderjeet Singh and Bhuwan Goyal, JJ.), order dated 12/05/2026 in D.B. Criminal Misc. Suspension of Sentence Application (Appeal) No. 2454/2025 in D.B. Criminal Appeal No. 504/2025 — Suspension of sentence — Applicants convicted under Sections 302/149 IPC and sentenced to life imprisonment; were on bail during trial (certificate under Rule 311 (3), Rajasthan High Court Rules) — Counsel pointed to statement of Jamshed (PW-6) attributing the firearm injury on the deceased to co-accused Rajveer @ Pappu, and post-mortem report Ex.P-15 — Hearing of appeal likely to take long time — Application allowed; execution of sentence suspended during pendency of appeal; applicants admitted to bail subject to satisfaction of the trial Court, to appear before the High Court on 13.07.2026.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR

D.B. Criminal Misc. Suspension of Sentence Application (Appeal) No. 2454/2025

In

D. B. Criminal Appeal No.504/2025

Sanjay son of Netram, Resident of Husaipura, Police Station Bhiwadi, Phase-III, District Alwar.

Subhash Son of Dharmsingh, Resident of Husaipura, Police Station Bhiwadi, Phase-III, District Alwar. (Presently accused appellants confined At Central Jail Alwar)

---Accused-Appellants

Versus

State of Rajasthan, Through P.P.

----Respondent

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Gurvindra Singh For Respondent(s) : Mr. Rhishi Raj Singh Rathore, Dy.G.A.

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE INDERJEET SINGH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE BHUWAN GOYAL

Order

12/05/2026

This suspension of sentence application has been filed by the applicants along with the appeal.

Counsel appearing on behalf of the accused-applicants submits that the accused-applicants have been convicted and sentenced to undergo life imprisonment for the offence under Sections 302/149 IPC.

Counsel for the accused-applicant has annexed the certificate under Rule 311 (3) of the Rajasthan High Court Rules to the effect that accused-applicants were on bail during trial. Counsel submits

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that the applicants have been falsely implicated in this matter. Counsel further submits that as per statement of Jamshed (PW-6), firearm injury on the person of the deceased has been assigned to co-accused-Rajveer @ Pappu. He further submits that hearing of appeal may take long time and prays that sentence awarded to the applicants may be suspended and they be released on bail during the pendency of the appeal.

Learned Dy. Govt. Advocate has opposed the application for suspension of sentence. 4. We have heard counsel for the parties and perused the record.

Considering the facts and circumstances of the present case and considering the statement of Jamshed (PW-6) as well as post-mortem report (Ex.P-15) and hearing of appeal may take long time, we deem it just and proper to allow this criminal miscellaneous suspension of sentence application.

In that view of the matter, this criminal miscellaneous suspension of sentence application is allowed and it is ordered that execution of sentence awarded to the applicants shall remain suspended during the pendency of the criminal appeal and the applicants be admitted to bail subject to satisfaction of the trial Court with the stipulation that they shall appear before this Court on 13.07.2026 and thereafter as and when called upon to do so.

Office is directed to send a copy of this order to the concerned trial Court through e-mail/fax for necessary compliance.

(BHUWAN GOYAL),J

(INDERJEET SINGH),J

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