The light-particle emission probability from an excited compound nucleus depends explicitly on the time-evolution of the system as the available internal excitation energy and, consequently, the particle decay widths depend on the instantaneous deformation of the nucleus. The Langevin dynamical model for fission is employed to extract this deformation dependence in pre-scission particle multiplicities by following the propagation of fissioning trajectories up to scission. The variation of particle decay widths with nuclear deformation is accounted more precisely in comparison to the existing calculations. The number of neutrons emitted from different configurations of the compound nucleus are calculated for a detailed analysis. The deformation dependence of particle emission widths is found to be relevant for highly fissile systems where the dynamics is primarily governed by the saddle to scission motion. This dynamical effect essentially predicts the nuclear shape evolution through evaporated light particles and, for a heavy compound system, simultaneous measurement of neutron multiplicities for fission and evaporation residue events can reveal its intricate nature. PACS numbers: 24.10. 25.70.Gh, 27.90.+b