CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 11576 of 2023 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 11576 of 2023 Premlal .....Appellant(s) Versus State of U.P. .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Noor Muhammad, Yogesh Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. Court No. - 46 HON'BLE SIDDHARTH, J. HON'BLE PRASHANT MISHRA-I, J. 1. Heard Sri Noor Muhammad, learned counsel for the appellant, Ms. Manju Thakur, learned A.G.A.-I for the State and perused the record. 2. The present criminal appeal is preferred against the judgment and order dated 18.10.2023 passed in Session Trial No. 33 of 2018 (State vs. Premlal), arising out of Case Crime No. 170 of 2017, under Sections- 302, 323, 504 IPC, P.S.- Markundi, District- Chitrakoot. 3. The prosecution case is that the informant, Buddhilal, submitted a written report at Police Station- Markundi, District- Chitrakoot, stating that his maternal uncle (mama) Mukundilal, son of Chandu, resident of Bandha Bheetar, Police Station- Markundi, District- Chitrakoot, aged about 48 years, on 31.12.2017 at about 10:00 p.m., was sitting in his house. At that time, one person from his village, namely, Premlal, son of Kunbudiya, came there, holding a stick in his hand and started