CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2118 of 1983 at Allahabad

1 Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:82910-DB Reserved on 12.5.2025 Delivered on 19.05.2025 Court No. 43 Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 2118 of 1983 Appellant :- Rajendra Respondent :- State of U.P. Counsel for Appellant :- Digvijay Singh,Radhey Shyam Yadav,Sudhir Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- D.G.A. Hon'ble Vivek Kumar Birla,J. Hon'ble Jitendra Kumar Sinha,J. 1. This criminal appeal has been preferred assailing the judgement and order dated 26.8.1983 passed by the Special Judge, Dacoity Affected Area, Etah in Special Sessions Trial No. 68 of 1982 convicting the appellant under Section 396 IPC and sentencing him to undergo life imprisonment under Section 396 I.P.C. 2. As per office report, non-bailable warrant could not be served on the sole appellant-Rajendra, son of Raghubir as he is absconding and sureties have been served. It can safely be presumed that sole appellant is absconding. 3. It is pertinent to mention here that the connected criminal appeal being Criminal Appeal No. 2066 of 1983 (Ram Prakash and others vs. State of UP and others) filed by the co-accused persons has already been dismissed as abated by a coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 29.8.2022. Th