CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 5162 of 2007 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 5162 of 2007 A.F.R. Judgment Reserved on 02.12.2025 Judgment Delivered on 19.12.2025 Azad Khan …..Appellant Versus State of U.P. …..Respondent Counsel for Appellant(s) : Meraj Ahmad Khan, Yanendra Pandey Counsel for Respondent(s) : Govt. Advocate Court No. - 44 HON'BLE J.J. MUNIR, J. HON'BLE SANJIV KUMAR, J. (Delivered by Hon’ble Sanjiv Kumar, J.) 1. This criminal appeal has been preferred by appellant, Azad Khan, son of Turab Khan, resident of Vyoti Katra, Police Station Allau, District Mainpuri, against the judgment and order dated 05.02.2002 passed by Special Judge (D.A.A.)/Additional Sessions Judge, Mainpuri, in Special Trial No. 11-A of 2001, under Sections 395 and 397 of the Indian Penal Code (in short, ‘I.P.C.’), Police Station Allau, District Mainpuri. 2. By the impugned judgment and order, the appellant, Azad Khan has been convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life for the offence punishable under Section 395 I.P.C., alongwith a fine 2 CRLA No. - 5162 of 2007 of Rs.10,000/-. He has further been sentenced to undergo seven years’ rigorous imprisonment for the offence punishable under Section 3