CRIMINAL APPEAL U/S 413 BNSS No. 549 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL U/S 413 BNSS No. - 549 of 2025 Ashok .....Appellant(s) Versus State of U.P. and others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Lalit Prakash Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. Court No. - 42-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- Reserved HON'BLE J.J. MUNIR, J. HON'BLE PRAMOD KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, J. 1. This is a motion to admit the present appeal against acquittal under Section 413 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, 'the BNSS') preferred against the judgment and order of Mr. Ram Gopal Singh, Special Judge (POCSO Act), Rampur dated 11.08.2025 in Special Case No.9 of 2021 (arising out of Crime No.225 of 2020), under Sections 341, 120-B, 376 of the Indian Penal Code (for short, 'IPC') and Section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (for short, 'the POCSO Act'), Police Station Kemri, District Rampur. By the said judgment and order, the learned Trial Judge has acquitted respondent No.2 of charges for the offences above detailed. 2. According to the information lodged at Police Station Kemri on 21.11.2020, on 20.11.2020, t