CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1669 of 1996 at Allahabad

A.F.R. Judgment Reserved on- 04.09.2025 Judgment Delivered on-21.11.2025 Neutral Citation No-2025:AHC:208424-DB Court No. - 3 Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 1669 of 1996 Appellant :- Ashok Kumar & Another Respondent :- State of U.P. Counsel for Appellant :- Dileep Kumar(Senior Adv.), Rajrshi Gupta Counsel for Respondent :- Lal Dhari Rajbhar, Muskan Pandey, Vimlendu Tripathi, Deenanath Mishra, Rajiv Lochan Shukla Hon’ble Saumitra Dayal Singh, J. Hon'ble Sandeep Jain, J. (Per: Sandeep Jain, J.) 1. The instant Criminal Appeal has been filed by the convicted accused against judgment dated 12.9.1996 of Shri R.K. Gupta, Special Judge (U.P. Dacoity Affected Areas Act), Etawah in Sessions Trial no.150 of 1993 (State versus Ashok Kumar, Gore alias Ujagar Singh and Ramdas) arising out of case crime No. 58 of 1983, PS Bharthana, District Etawah, whereby all the accused have been convicted for the offence under section 302/34 IPC and sentenced to suffer life imprisonment, for offence under section 201 IPC to suffer 7 years imprisonment and for offence under section 404 IPC to suffer three years imprisonment. All the above sentences were ordered to run concurrently. 2. Factual matrix is that, on