CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 787 of 1996 at Allahabad

A.F.R. RESERVED ON 25.07.2025 DELIVERED ON 10.11.2025 HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 787 of 1996 Shailendra Kumar Mishra …..Appellant(s) Versus State of U.P. …..Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Apul Misra, Km. Laxmi Srivastava, Pradeep Kumar Tripathi, Rashmi Srivastava, Shyam Sunder Mishra Counsel for Respondent(s) : Govt. Advocate Court No. - 43 HON'BLE SALIL KUMAR RAI, J. HON’BLE SANDEEP JAIN, J. (Per : Salil Kumar Rai, J.) Through judgement dated 26.4.1996 passed by the trial court in Session Trial No. 225 of 1992 arising out of Case Crime No. 546 of 1991 registered under Section 302 IPC at Police Station: Kotwali, District:- Fatehpur. the apellant has been convicted for murder of his wife and sentenced to undergo life imprisonment. My learned Brother affirms the judgement of the trial court. For reasons stated hereinafter, I disagree and acquit the appellant/accused. The prosecution case, in short, is that Sunita Devi (hereinafter referred to as the 'deceased') was initially married to Vijay Shankar Mishra, the elder brother of the appellant. Vijay Shankar Mishra was employed with the Air Force. From her marriage with Vijay Shankar Mishra th