CRIMINAL APPEAL U/S 413 BNSS DEFECTIVE No. 16 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL U/S 413 BNSS DEFECTIVE No. - 16 of 2026 Jitendra Nath Maurya .....Appellant(s) Versus State of U.P. and Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Purushottam Mani Tripathi Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. Court No. - 43 HON'BLE SALIL KUMAR RAI, J. HON'BLE DR. AJAY KUMAR-II, J. Order on Delay Condonation Application and on the Appeal This is an appeal filed under Section 413 B.N.S.S., 2023 by the victim challenging the judgement and order dated 03.03.3025 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Court No. 6, Gorakhpur in Sessions Case No. 569 of 2021 (State Vs. Parash Nath Yadav and Others) registered under Sections 147, 148, 307, 323, 325, 504, 506, 302/34 I.P.C. arising out of Case Crime No. 378 of 2019, Police Station-Jhnagaha, District-Gorakhpur whereby the trial court has acquitted Smt. Shiva one of the accused in the case. The accused was eight months' pregnant on the date of the incident and was a member of the family of the other accused. The trial court acquitted the accused after considering the fact that there was no specific evidence of she having participated in assault and further it was not believable t