CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1277 of 2004 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 1277 of 2004 Anwarul And 9 Ors. .....Appellant(s) Versus State of U.P. .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Kailash Nath Mishra Counsel for Respondent(s) : Govt.Advocate Court No. - 12 HON'BLE MANISH MATHUR, J. 1. Heard Mr. Kailash Nath Mishra, learned counsel for appellants and learned Additional Government Advocate for respondent/State. 2. Earlier vide order dated 11.03.2026, appeal has been abated with regard to appellant No.1-Anwarul and appellant No.4-Jafar Ahmad. Since as per report, they have passed away during pendency of appeal, appeal is therefore being pressed on behalf of appellant Nos.2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9. 3. The instant Criminal Appeal under Section 374(2) CrPC has been filed against judgment and order dated 19.05.2004 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge/F.T.C., Balrampur, in Sessions Trial No.27 of 2002, State v. Anwarul and others, arising out of Case Crime No. 84 of 1996, under Sections 147, 148, 149, 307, 323, 324, 325, 506, 436 I.P.C., Police Station Maharajganj Tarayee, District Gonda (now Balrampur), convicting and sentencing the appellants as under:- (i) under Section 307 I.P.C. r