CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 853 of 1983 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 853 of 1983 AFR Kali Shanker and others …..Appellant(s) Versus State of U.P. …..Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Abhinav Dwivedi, Akhilesh Chandra Shukla, Arjun Singh Yadav, Jyoti Verma, K.d.tiwari, Mayank Bhushan Nath Tripathi, Ram Chandra Singh, Ravi Sahu, Shailendra Kumar Awasthi, Sheel Kumar Ojha, Shyam Singh, Sunil Vashisth, Vijay Prakash Pandey Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.G.A. Reserved on 20.05.2025 Pronounced on 10.11.2025 Court No. - 42 HON'BLE SIDDHARTHA VARMA, J. HON'BLE RAM MANOHAR NARAYAN MISHRA, J. (Per: Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra,J) 1. Heard Sri Akhilesh Chandra Shukla, learned counsel for appellant no.4 (Rajendra), appellant no.5 (Bimal Kumar), appellant no.7 (Surya Kumar), appellant no.8 (Ashok Kumar), appellant no.9 (Bhaiyalal), appellant no.10 (Anant Ram) and Sri Abhinav Dwivedi, learned counsel for appellant no.11 (Pratap Narain) and Sri Amit Sinha, learned A.G.A. for the State. 2. The instant criminal appeal has been preferred against the judgment and order dated 31.03.1983, passed by the VIIIth Additional 2 CRLA No. - 853 of 1983 District & Sessions Judge, Kanpur, in Sessions Trial No. 53 of