CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1455 of 2020 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:47056-DB Court No. - 45 Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 1455 of 2020 Appellant :- Lalit Chauhan Respondent :- State of U.P. Counsel for Appellant :- Abhishek Srivastava,Ajay Giri,Pawan Singh Pundir,Ramanuj Tiwari Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Saumitra Dayal Singh,J. Hon'ble Dr. Gautam Chowdhary,J. 1. Heard Sri Anoop Trivedi, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Sri Ramanuj Tiwari, learned counsel for the appellant, Sri Vikas Goswami, learned A.G.A.-I for the State and perused the records. 2. The present criminal appeal has arisen from judgment and order dated 24.02.2020 passed by Sri Narendra Pal Singh Tomar (H.J.S.), learned Additional District & Sessions Judge, Court No.13, District Meerut in Sessions Trial No.853 of 2016 (State of U.P. Vs. Lalit Chauhan), arising out of Case Crime No.406 of 2013, under Section 302 I.P.C, P.S. Bhawanpur, District Meerut, convicting the accused appellant and sentencing him to undergo life imprisonment for offence under Section 302 IPC and to pay fine Rs. 15,000/- and in default of payment of fine to undergo further additional simple imprisonment of six months. 3. The prosecution story emerged on the Written Rep