CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2307 of 2020 at Allahabad

1 Reserved on 12.05.2025 Delivered on 26.05.2025 Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:86095-DB Court No. - 46 Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 2307 of 2020 Appellant :- Arunoday Pandey And 3 Others Respondent :- State of U.P. Counsel for Appellant :- Manoj Kumar Singh,Sadrul Islam Jafri,Santosh Kumar Mishra,Swatantra Singh Counsel for Respondent :- Ajay Kumar Pal,Ashok Kumar,G.A. Hon'ble Rajiv Gupta,J. Hon'ble Harvir Singh,J. (Delivered by Hon'ble Rajiv Gupta, J.) 1. Heard Sri Santosh Kumar Mishra, learned counsel for the appellants, Sri Jitendra Kumar Jaiswal, learned AGA for the State and perused the record. 2. Neither Sri Ajay Kumar Pal nor Sri Ashok Kumar has appeared on behalf of the first informant to press this appeal even in the revised call, as such in view of the law laid down by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Bani Singh vs. State of U.P., (1996) 4 SCC 720. the instant appeal is being heard and decided. 3. This criminal appeal has been filed against the judgment and order dated 21.8.2020 passed by Sessions 2 Judge, Bhadohi at Gyanpur in Sessions Trial No. 99 of 2017 (State of U.P. Vs. Arunoday Pandey and others) arising out of Case Crime No. 298 of 2016, under Sections 323