CRIMINAL APPEAL U/S 413 BNSS DEFECTIVE No. 23 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL U/S 413 BNSS DEFECTIVE No. - 23 of 2026 Padmakar Singh .....Appellant(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Dilip Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. Court No. - 43 HON'BLE SALIL KUMAR RAI, J. HON'BLE DR. AJAY KUMAR-II, J. The present appeal has been filed against the judgment and order dated 09.04.2025 passed by the Additional Session Judge / Fast Track Court - I, Chandaulli acquitting the opposite party nos. 2 to 4 in Session Trial No. 438 of 2022 (State of U.P. vs. Praveen Kumar & Ors.) arising out of Case Crime No. 83 of 2021 and registered under Sections 498A, 304B IPC and Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act and in the alternative (option) under Section 302 IPC. The appeal is reported to be beyond time by 210 days. The averments ostensibly explaining the delay in filing the appeal are contained in Paragraph nos. 3 and 4 of the affidavit which are reproduced below : - "3. That appellant/ informant is an old aged person and after acquittal of accused by the court concerned, the appellant went to depression and passing of some time when he was feeling well, he contacted to