CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 538 of 1984 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:141766-DB AFR RESERVED ON 26.5.2025 DELIVERED ON 20.08.2025 In Chamber Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 538 of 1984 Appellant :- Khanne And Others Respondent :- State of U.P. Counsel for Appellant :- Abrar Ahmad Siddiqui,Krishna Kumar Shukla,Sanjay Kumar Tripathi,Suresh Dhar Dwivedi Counsel for Respondent :- Krishna Kumar Shukla,Sanjay Kumar Tripathi Hon'ble Vivek Kumar Birla,J. Hon’ble Ms. Nand Prabha Shukla,J. (Delivered by Hon’ble Ms. Nand Prabha Shukla,J.) 1. Heard Sri Suresh Dhar Dwivedi, learned Counsel for the surviving Appellant No. 4, Sabir Ali, Sri Rahul Asthana, learned Additional Government Advocate for the State and perused the records. 2. This Criminal Appeal has been filed against the Judgement and Order dated 15.02.1984 passed by the Vth Additional Sessions Judge, Shahjahanpur in Sessions Trial No. 140 of 1983 (State vs. Sabir and Others) and Sessions Trial No. 141 of 1983 (State vs. Khanne and Others) convicting the appellants under Section 302/34 IPC and sentencing each of them for life imprisonment. 3. The Criminal Appeal against Appellant No.1, Khanne, Appellant No.2, Shamsher and Appellant No.3, Room Singh has been abated on 19.07.2