CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 980 of 2001 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 980 of 2001 Bhoolan and Ors. …..Appellants(s) Versus State of U.P. …..Respondents(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Shishir Pradhan, Kunwer Dhananjay Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : Govt. Advocate, Onkar Singh, Rajesh Srivastava, Uma Kant Gupta A.F.R. Court No. - 10 Reserved on : 26.11.2025 Delivered on : 16.01.2026 HON’BLE RAJNISH KUMAR, J. HON’BLE ZAFEER AHMAD, J. ( Per Zafeer Ahmad, J. ) 1. Heard Sri Akhilesh Kumar Mishra holding brief of Sri Kunwar Dhananjay Singh learned counsel for the appellant no. 2 and 3, Sri Shishir Pradhan learned counsel for the appellant no. 4, Sri 2 Criminal Appeal No. 980 of 2001 Arunendra learned A.G.A for the State, and Sri Uma Kant Gupta learned counsel for complainant and perused the record. 2. The aforesaid criminal appeal arises out of order and judgment dated 15.10.2001 passed by VIIth Additional Sessions Judge, Raebareli in S.T. No. 210 of 1995 (State v. Bhoolan & others) arising out of Case Crime no. 13 of 1993, wherein the applicants have been convicted and sentenced to undergo life imprisonment u/ s 304 IPC r/w 34 Indian Penal Code (in short IPC), one year rigorous imprisonmen