CAPITAL CASES No. 1 of 2021 at Allahabad

AFR Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:125249-DB Judgment Reserved on 28.05.2025 Judgment Delivered on 29. 07.2025. Court No. - 46 Case :- CAPITAL CASE No. - 1 of 2021 With Reference No. 01 of 2021 Appellant :- Bantu @ Shiv Shankar Respondent :- State of U.P. Counsel for Appellant :- Beena Mishra,From Jail,Pradeep Kumar Mishra,Vinay Saran(Senior Adv.) Counsel for Respondent :- A.G.A. Hon'ble Rajiv Gupta,J. Hon'ble Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra,J. Per : Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra, J 1. Heard Sri Vinay Saran, learned Senior Advocate and Amicus Curiae assisted by Sri Pradeep Kumar Mishra, Ms. Beena Mishra, learned Amicus Curiae for the appellant and Sri A. N. Mulla, learned A.G.A., Sri Arun Kumar Pandey, learned A.G.A. and Sri S.S.Tiwary, learned A.G.A. for the State. 2. Learned Additional Session Judge / Special Judge, POCSO Act, Firozabad has made a Reference to this Court on 01.12.2020 under section 366 of Cr.P.C., for confirmation of Capital punishment awarded to appellant, Bantu @ Shiv Shankar in PST No.1642 of 2019. The Reference has been registered as Reference No.01 of 2021. The Jail Appeal has also been filed by the convict as Capital Case No.0 1 of 2021). This reference and appeal