CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 732 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 732 of 2026 Bhawani Gupta Alias Bhawani Prasad .....Appellant(s) Versus State of U.P. and Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Kumar Ankit Srivastava Counsel for Respondent(s) : Rajesh Kumar Gautam, G.A. Court No. - 51 HON'BLE MADAN PAL SINGH, J. 1. Counter affidavit filed on behalf of the opposite party no.2 in the Court today is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the appellant, learned counsel for opposite party no.2 and the learned A.G.A. for the State. 3. The present appeal under Section 14A (1) of S.C./S.T. Act has been filed with a prayer to quash the cognizance/summoning order dated 15th February, 2025 passed by the Special Judge (S.C./S.T. Act), Jaunpur, charge-sheet dated 13th January, 2025 as well as entire proceedings Special Sessions Trial No. 63 of 2025 (State Vs. Bhawani Gupta), arising out of Case Crime No.441 of 2024 under Sections 352, 351 (2) of B.N.S. and Section 3(2) V of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities), Act, 1989, Police Station-Sarai Khwaja, District-Jaunpur. 4. Brief facts are that a first information report has been lodged by opposite part