CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1594 of 2017 at Allahabad

Reserved A.F.R. HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 1594 of 2017 (with Criminal Appeal Nos. 1897 of 2017, 1580 of 2017 and 1282 of 2015) Irfan …..Appellant Versus State of U.P. …..Respondent Counsel for Appellant : Mr. Kamta Prasad in Criminal Appeal No. 1594 Mr. Sushil Kumar Dwivedi in Criminal Appeal No. 1897 of 2017, Mr. M. P. Yadav in Criminal Appeal No. 1580 of 2017, and, Mr. Indra Pal Singh Rajpoot in Criminal Appeal No. 1282 of 2017 Counsel for Respondent : Mr. Shashi Shekhar Tiwari, A.G.A. along with Mr. K. K. Nishad, State Law Officer on behalf of the State in all the appeals Court No. - 42 HON'BLE J.J. MUNIR, J. 1. These are appeals by four convicts, who stood their trial before Mr. Ram Kushal, the Additional Sessions Judge/ F.T.C., Mahoba, in Sessions Trial No.55 of 2015 (arising out of Crime No.7 of 2015), under Section 376-D of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, 'IPC'), Police Station Charkhari, District Mahoba. All the four convicts, to wit, Irfan son of Shahzade, Irfan @ Golu son of Habeeb, Ritesh @ Shanu and Manvendra @ Kallu, were sentenced by the learned Trial Judge to suffer rigorous imprisonment for a term of 20 years along with a fi