CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2259 of 2017 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL APPEAL No. – 2259 of 2017 Jitendra Pal …..Appellant(s) Versus State of U.P. …..Respondents(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Akash Dikshit, Neeraj Singh, Rajesh Kumar Sharma Counsel for Respondent(s) : Govt. Advocate A.F.R. Reserved on 14.10.2025 Delivered on 27.11.2025 Court No. - 9 HON'BLE RAJESH SINGH CHAUHAN, J. HON'BLE ABDHESH KUMAR CHAUDHARY, J. 1. Heard Shri Neeraj Singh and Shri Akhilendra Kumar Goswami, learned Counsels for the appellant, as well as Shri Umesh Verma, learned A.G.A. for the State. 2. The present Criminal Appeal has been filed against the impugned judgment and order dated 25.08.2017, passed by the learned Trial Court in Sessions Trial No. 205 of 2015, arising out of Case Crime no. 124 of 2015, whereby the Appellant has been convicted under Section 302 I.P.C. and sentenced to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for Life and fine of Rs. 20,000/- in default of payment of fine, additional Rigorous Imprisonment for one year. 2 CRLA No. 2259 of 2017 CASE OF THE PROSECUTION 3. The factual matrix leading up to the filing of the present Criminal Appeal is delineated herein below: 3.1) In the present case, with respect to a