JAIL APPEAL No. 2708 of 2012 at Allahabad

Reserved on: 23.09.2025 Delivered on: 10.11.2025 HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD JAIL APPEAL No. - 2708 of 2012 Chandra Pal @ Rachit …..Appellant(s) Versus State of U.P. …..Respondents(s) Counsel for appellant(s) : A.K. Rai, Amit Kumar Gaur, Araf Khan, Ashwini Kumar Ojha, Kar- mendra Kumar, Lihazur Rahman Khan, Mangla Prasad, Mohd Umar Khan, Ravindra Nath Rai, Ravindra Pratap Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.G.A. With CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 1574 of 2012 Atarkali …..Appellant(s) Versus State of U.P. …..Respondents(s) Counsel for appellant(s) : Mohd Umar Khan, Ravindra Pratap Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : Govt. Advocate Court No. - 66 A.F.R. HON’BLE RAJIV GUPTA, J. HON’BLE SAMIT GOPAL, J. (Per Samit Gopal, J.) Jail Appeal No. 2708 of 2012 (Chandra Pal @ Rachit Vs. State of U.P. [Delivered by Samit Gopal, J. for the Bench under Chapter VII Rule 1(2) of the Allahabad High Court Rules, 1952] 1. Four persons namely Chandra Pal @ Rachit, Smt. Atarkali, Bablu (jeth) and Smt. Sharda (jethani) were named as accused in the FIR out of whom Bablu (jeth) and Smt. Sharda (jethani) were exonerated during in- vestigation and thus Chandra Pal @ Rachit and Smt. Atarkali were only put to t