CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1971 of 1984 at Allahabad

[1] Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:138374-DB Court No. - 44 Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 1971 of 1984 Appellant :- Rakesh And Others Respondent :- State of U.P. Counsel for Appellant :- Raghuvansh Misra,Rahul Misra Counsel for Respondent :- A.G.A. Hon'ble Saumitra Dayal Singh,J. Hon'ble Tej Pratap Tiwari,J. 1. Heard Sri G.S. Chaturvedi, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Sri Raghuvansh Misra and Sri Rahul Misra, learned counsel for the appellants and Sri L.D.Rajbhar, learned AGA for the State. 2. Present criminal appeal arises from the judgement and order dated 07.07.1984, passed by Sri S.C.M. Tripathi, IInd Additional Sessions Judge, Shahjahanpur in S.T. No. 71 of 1982, (State Versus Rakesh, Rajendra and Atma Ram). Thereby, appellant no. 1. Rakesh has been convicted for the offence under Section 302 IPC and sentenced for life. Appellant no. 2 Rajendra and Appellant no. 3 Atma Ram, have been convicted for the offence under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC, and sentenced for life. All the appellants were granted bail, pending this appeal. The appellant no. 3, Atma Ram died during pendency of this appeal. His appeal was declared abated, vide order dated 10.05.2018. 3. Prosecut