CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2977 of 1984 at Allahabad

A.F.R. Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:134249-DB Reserved on 29.07.2025 Delivered on 08.08.2025 In Chambers Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 2977 of 1984 Appellant :- Vijai @ Babban Respondent :- State of U.P. Counsel for Appellant :- G.P.Mathur Counsel for Respondent :- A.G.A. Hon'ble Saumitra Dayal Singh,J. Hon'ble Madan Pal Singh,J. (Per Hon’ble Madan Pal Singh,J.) 1. The instant criminal appeal is directed against the judgment and order dated 20.10.1984 passed by Ist Additional Sessions Judge, Jhansi, in Sessions Trial No. 35 of 1984 (State Vs. Narendra Kumar & another), arising out of Case Crime No. 510 of 1983, under Sections 302/34 IPC, Police Station -Nawabad, District - Jhansi, whereby the appellant has been convicted under Section 302/34 IPC and sentenced to undergo life imprisonment. 2. Facts giving rise to the present appeal may be summarized as under:- (i). The prosecution case in brief is that on the basis of Written Report dated 17.12.1983, of the informant Bahadur Shah (P.W.-1), resident of Kapoor Tekari, Police Station Nawabad, District Jhansi, an FIR was lodged stating therein that on 17.12.1983 at about 7.45 PM, he, his brother Bashir Shah and one Mahendra, resident