In support of his submission, he relies upon the
judgment of the Division Bench of this Court in Liakat Ali vs. State, 1998
DRJ (15) 63 wherein it has been held as under:-
9. Even though the appellant does not wish to press the appeal on
merits, I have heard the learned counsels for the parties on merits as
well, and gone through the material placed on record, considering the
decision of the Supreme Court in Jeetu alias Jitendra and Others v. State
of Chhattisgarh reported as (2013) 11 SCC 489, which was recently
cited by this Court in Liyakat Ali v. State reported as 2019 SCC OnLine
Del 11186 in the following terms:-