CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 497 of 1989 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 497 of 1989 Raj Bahadur .....Appellant(s) Versus State .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : S K Kulshrestha Counsel for Respondent(s) : SC Court No. - 44 HON'BLE J.J. MUNIR, J. HON'BLE CHAWAN PRAKASH, J. 1. A compliance affidavit has been filed today in Court by Mr. Shashi Shekhar Tiwari, learned A.G.A. It is taken on record. Let it be numbered by the Office. 2. Perused the report of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aligarh dated 09.12.2025 submitted in compliance with our order dated 20.11.2025. The report shows that both the appellants, to wit, appellant no.1 Raj Bahadur and appellant no.2 Om Prakash are dead. The report shows that due inquiry has been held. Statements of relatives and the Pradhan in case of appellant no.1 recorded before arriving at a conclusion that the concerned appellant is dead. Likewise, in case of the second appellant, the Sub Inspector, who made inquiries in the locality, has appeared before the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate and made a detail statement. He has placed on record a copy of the second appellant's death certificate. In addition, the second appellant's grand son Bant