CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1307 of 2004 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 1307 of 2004 Vimla Devi And 2 Ors. .....Appellant(s) Versus State of U.P. .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Firoz Ahmad Khan, Ajay Pandey, Mohd. Mustafa Khan, Niharika Gupta Counsel for Respondent(s) : Govt.Advocate Court No. - 12 HON'BLE MANISH MATHUR, J. 1. Heard Mr. Mohd. Mustafa Khan, learned counsel for appellant No.2 and learned Additional Government Advocate for opposite party/State. 2. As per report submitted by Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ayodhya dated 07.04.2026, appellant No.1-Vimla Devi passed away on 13.05.2014 while appellant No.3-Ganga Khatik alias Ganga Ram passed away on 01.01.2023. 3. The appeal therefore abates against appellant No.1-Vimla Devi and appellant No.3-Ganga Khatik alias Ganga Ram and is being pressed with regard to appellant No.2-Panna Lal only. 4. The instant Criminal Appeal under Section 374(2) CrPC has been filed against judgment and order dated 24.05.2004 passed by II Additional Sessions Judge, Faizabad (now Ayodhya), in Sessions Trial No.418 of 2000, State v. Raju Khatik and others, arising out of Case Crime No. 351 of 2000, under Sections 363, 366, 376 I.P.C., Police