CRIMINAL APPEAL U/S 413 BNSS No. 366 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL U/S 413 BNSS No. - 366 of 2025 Ram Saran .....Appellant(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Santosh Kukmar Tiwari Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. Court No. - 46 HON'BLE SIDDHARTH, J. HON'BLE PRASHANT MISHRA-I, J. Heard Mr. Sandeep Kumar Tripathi, learned Advocate, holding brief of Mr. Santosh Kumar, learned counsel for the appellant; learned Additional Government Advocate representing the State and perused the record. This appeal has been preferred against the impugned judgment and order dated 20.05.2025 passed by learned Additional Session Judge/Special Judge (POCSO Act), Court No. 42, Shahjahanpur in Special Case No. 16 of 2019 (State of U.P. vs. Indrajeet and another) arising out of Case Crime No. 418 of 2018, Police Station Khuntar, District Shahjahanpur, whereby opposite party No. 2 has been acquitted of charges under Sections 363, 366, 376, 328, 342, 323 I.P.C. and Section 3/4 POCSO Act and opposite party No. 3 has been acquitted of charges under Sections 363, 366, 342, 323 I.P.C. and Section 7/8 POCSO Act. The prosecution case is that on 08.10.2018 at 7:30 p.m., the daughter