Supreme Court – Daily Orders
Manmath @ Papun Prakashchandra Raut vs The State Of Gujarat on 20 August, 2025
Author: J.K. Maheshwari
Bench: J.K. Maheshwari
ITEM NO.5 COURT NO.2 SECTION II-E
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s). 8037/2025
[Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 07-02-2025
in CRMA No. 1/2024 passed by the High Court of Gujarat at
Ahmedabad]
MANMATH @ PAPUN PRAKASHCHANDRA RAUT Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF GUJARAT Respondent(s)
Date : 20-08-2025 This petition was called on for hearing today.
CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.K. MAHESHWARI
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJAY BISHNOI
For Petitioner(s) :Mr. Somesh Chandra Jha, AOR
Mr. Animesh Rajoriya, Adv.
For Respondent(s) :Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.
Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR
Ms. Neha Singh, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
1. Against an order rejecting the suspension of
sentence by the High Court, the present special leave
petition has been filed. The petitioner is in
custody w.e.f. 25.12.2019 in connection with FIR No
Signature Not Verified II/128/2019 dated 25.12.2019 for the offences
Digitally signed by
Gulshan Kumar Arora
Date: 2025.08.20
16:51:45 IST
Reason:
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punishable under Sections 8(c), 20(b) and 29 of the
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act
registered with Police Station Kalol City, District
Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
2. After hearing learned counsel for the parties
and having taking note of the fact that the
petitioner has served more than half of the sentence
and in the facts and circumstances of the case,
without expressing any opinion on the merits of the
case, we deem it appropriate to suspend the
substantive jail sentence of the petitioner.
3. Accordingly, we direct that substantive jail
sentence of the petitioner shall remain suspended
subject to final outcome of the criminal appeal
pending before the High Court and the petitioner be
released on bail on furnishing the suitable bail
bonds and sureties and on such other terms and
conditions as may be deemed fit by the Trial Court.
4. Petitioner to abide all the conditions as
imposed and shall regularly attend the trial until
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exempted by the Court. Violation, if any, may give a
cause to take recourse as permissible and the trial
Court is at liberty to do the needful.
5. Accordingly and in view of the foregoing, the
special leave petition stands allowed.
6. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand
disposed of.
(GULSHAN KUMAR ARORA) (NAND KISHOR)
AR-CUM-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR
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