Full Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc.
No.6170 of 2014 in Criminal Appeal No.S-4507-SB of 2013 Date of decision: April 22, 2014 Gurvail Singh ...Applicant-Appellant Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE Mr.JUSTICE INDERJIT SINGH Present: Ms.Gursharan K.
Mann, Advocate, for the applicant-appellant.
Mr.Mikhail Kad, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondent-State.
**** INDERJIT SINGH, J.
Custody certificate has been produced.
Same is taken on record.
Prayer in the present application is for suspension of sentence of applicant-appellant Gurvail Singh during the pendency of appeal.
Learned Additional Sessions Judge, Amritsar, vide judgment of conviction dated 06.12.2013 and order of sentence dated 10.12.2013, passed in case FIR No.63 dated 02.05.2013, held the applicant-appellant guilty for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 325, 323 and 506 IPC and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of four years and to pay a fine of Rs.2,000/- under Section 325 IPC; rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months each under Sections 323 and 506 IPC.
Feeling aggrieved against the said judgment of conviction and order of sentence, the applicant-appellant filed an appeal which has been admitted by this Court vide order dated 20.12.2013.
As per custody certificate, produced by learned State counsel, the applicant-appellant has already undergone 6 months and 2 days of actual sentence.
The appeal is not likely to mature for hearing in the near future.
Therefore, in the facts and circumstances, the criminal miscellaneous application is allowed and the sentence of imprisonment of applicant- appellant during the pendency of appeal shall remain suspended and he is admitted to bail subject to his furnishing personal bonds and surety to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Amritsar.
April 22, 2014 (INDERJIT SINGH) mamta Malhotra Mamta 2014.04.24 14:04 JUDGE I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh