CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 556 of 2025 at Allahabad

Reserved on :- 07.11.2025 Delivered on :- 02.12.2025 HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 556 of 2025 Ram Bahadur And 2 Others .....Appellant(s) Versus State of U.P. .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Jitendra Pal Singh, Pradeep Kumar Singh, Rahul Saxena Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. In Chamber HON'BLE SIDDHARTH, J. HON'BLE DEVENDRA SINGH-I, J. 1. Heard Sri Mukesh Joshi, Advocate holding brief of Sri Rahul Saxena, learned counsel for the appellants and learned A.G.A for the State and perused the record. 2. The present criminal appeal has been preferred against the judgment and order dated 18.12.2024 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Court No. 3, Pilibhit in Sessions Trial No. 234 of 2019 (State vs. Ram Bahadur and Others), arising out of Case Crime No. 111 of 2019, under Section 60(2) of the Excise Act and Section 272 IPC, Police Station Deoriya Kalan, District Pilibhit. 3. By the impugned judgment, the appellants have been convicted under Section 60(2) of the Excise Act and sentenced to two years' imprisonment along with a fine of Rs. 5,000/- each; in default of payment of fine, they shall undergo one month's additional imprisonment. The