CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1323 of 2018 at Lucknow

In the Hon’ble High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench, Lucknow *** Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:43120 Judgment reserved on: 16.07.2025 Judgment delivered on: 24.07.2025 A.F.R. Court No. - 15 Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 1323 of 2018 Appellant :- Tariq @ Lohiya Respondent :- State of U.P. Counsel for Appellant :- Ajay Kumar Singh,Rajiv Raman Srivastava,Sarvesh Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- Govt. Advocate Hon’ble Subhash Vidyarthi J. 1. By means of the instant criminal appeal filed under Section 374(2) Cr.P.C., the applicant has challenged the validity of the judgment and order dated 26.07.2018 passed by Sri Ram Suchit, the learned Additional Sessions Judge/ Special Judge, POCSO Act, Court No. 8, Sitapur in Special Sessions Trial No. 1 of 2016 arising out of Case Crime No. 268 of 2015, under Sections 363, 366, 376 IPC and Section 3/4 POCSO Act, Police Station Sadarpur, District Sitapur. 2. The aforesaid case was instituted on the basis of a written complaint given by the informant on 15.11.2015 against three persons, including the appellant Tariq alias Lohiya and his two brothers Salim and Idris, stating that when the informant’s daughter aged 16 years had gon