CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 3095 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 3095 of 2026 Laloo Pandey .....Appellant(s) Versus State of U.P. and Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Devendra Kumar Tiwari, Kamta Prasad Shukla Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. Court No. - 75 HON'BLE SAMIT GOPAL, J. 1. List revised. 2. Heard Sri Kamta Prasad Shukla, learned counsel for the appellant and Sri Birendra Pratap Singh, learned counsel for the State and perused the record. 3. Vide order dated 25.03.2026 notice was issued to the opposite party no. 2. As per the office report dated 21.04.2026 notice has been served personally upon the opposite party no. 2. Perused the report dated 15.04.2026 of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jalaun at Orai to the said effect which encloses with it report dated 12.04.2026 of the Police Station Gohan, District Jalaun. Despite service of notice, no one appears on behalf of the opposite party no.2. 4. This criminal appeal under Section 14-A(2) of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 has been filed by the appellant- Laloo Pandey, with the prayer to allow the appeal by setting aside the order dated 16.02.2026 passed by learned Additional District & Sessions Ju