CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1237 of 2001 at Allahabad

Reserved On :- 06.01.2026 Delivered On :- 13.01.2026 HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 1237 of 2001 Yogendra Pandey Alias Shadhu .....Appellant(s) Versus State of U.P. .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Ramesh Rai, Sangam Lal Kesharwani Counsel for Respondent(s) : Govt. Advocate In Chamber HON'BLE SIDDHARTH, J. HON'BLE SANJIV KUMAR, J. (Delivered By Hon'ble Siddharth, J.) 1. Heard Sri Sangam Lal Kesharwani, learned counsel for the appellant; Sri Prem Shankar Prasad, learned A.G.A for State-respondents and perused the trial court record. 2. This criminal appeal has been preferred against the judgment and order of conviction and sentence passed by Sessions Judge, Ghazipur dated 10.04.2001 in Sessions Trial No. 271 of 1996 "State vs. Yogendra Pandey alias Shahdhu" under Section 302 IPC, P.S.- Saidpur, District- Ghazipur, convicting and sentencing the appellant to undergo imprisonment for life under Section 302 IPC. 3. The case of the prosecution is that at about 7 in the evening Dhanwanti Devi aged about 60 years, had gone to the shop of accused, Yogendra Pandey alias Sadhu, for purchasing spices (masala). The said accused used to keep shop in vill