SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. 83 of 2025 at Lucknow

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD SITTING AT LUCKNOW Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:13656-DB RESERVED Judgment Reserved on: 04.03.2025 Judgment Delivered on: 06.03.2025 Court No. - 1 Case :- SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. - 83 of 2025 Appellant :- Prabhat Kumar Pandey Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Appellant :- Ripu Daman Shahi,Chhaya Tripathi Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon’ble Attau Rahman Masoodi J. Hon’ble Subhash Vidyarthi J. C.M. Application No.1 of 2025 (Application for Condonation of Delay in filing the Special Appeal): 1. Heard Sri Ripu Daman Shahi and Ms. Chhaya Tripathi, the learned counsel for the appellant, Sri Prafulla Yadav, the learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of the State-opposite parties and perused the records. 2. The instant intra-Court Appeal filed by the State is delayed by 13 days as on the date of filing i.e. 19.02.2025. 3. The appeal is accompanied with an application seeking condonation of delay supported by an affidavit. In the affidavit filed in support of the delay condonation application, we find that just and plausible reasons have been disclosed by the appli