CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1231 of 2023 at Allahabad

A.F.R. Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:69985-DB Court No. - 45 Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 1231 of 2023 Appellant :- Heera Kol Respondent :- State of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Appellant :- Anil Kumar Ojha,Sanjeev Kumar Asthana Counsel for Respondent :- G. A. Hon'ble Saumitra Dayal Singh,J. Hon'ble Sandeep Jain,J. 1. Heard Anil Kumar Ojha, learned counsel for the appellant, Sri Nagendra Kumar Srivastava, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the records. 2. The present criminal appeal has arisen from the judgment and order of conviction dated 29.09.2022 passed by Ms. Niharika Chauhan, learned Additional District and Sessions Judge/Special Judge (P.O.C.S.O.), Sonbhadra in Special Trial (P.O.C.S.O. Act 2012) No.37 of 2017 (State Vs. Heera Kol), arising out of Case Crime No.121 of 2017, under Section 376 (2)(i) I.P.C. and Section 5(m)/6 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (hereinafter referred to as P.O.C.S.O. Act), Police Station-Ghorawal, District-Sonbhadra, convicting the accused appellant-Heera Kol and sentencing him to undergo life imprisonment with the fine of Rs.50,000/- for the offence under Section 6 P.O.C.S.O. Act and in default of payment the appel