CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1385 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 1385 of 2026 Shivchand Ram .....Appellant(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Arvind Kumar Singh, Dharm Jeet Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : Vikas Narayan Rai, G.A. Court No. - 51 HON'BLE MADAN PAL SINGH, J. 1. Heard Sri Arvind Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the appellant, Sri Vikas Narayan Rai, learned counsel for opposite party no. 2, learned A.G.A. for the State, and perused the entire record. 2. The present appeal has been preferred against the impugned order dated 24.07.2025 passed by the learned Special Judge (S.C./S.T. Act)/Additional Sessions Judge, Ballia in Criminal Misc. Case No. 87 of 2023 (Shivchand Ram vs. Abhay Narayan Bharti @ Pintoo & Others), whereby the complaint of the appellant has been dismissed under Section 203 Cr.P.C. 3. Learned counsel for the appellant submits that the impugned order is wholly illegal and has been passed in a mechanical manner without proper appreciation of the material available on record. It is contended that the appellant, who belongs to a Scheduled Caste community, has specifically alleged that the accused persons, namely Abh