CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2340 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 2340 of 2026 Nekpal .....Appellant(s) Versus State of U.P. and Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : A.T. Pandey Counsel for Respondent(s) : Dan Bahadur, G.A. Court No. - 1 HON'BLE SAMIT GOPAL, J. 1. List revised. 2. Heard Sri A.T. Pandey, learned counsel for the appellant through video conferencing, Sri Dan Bahadur, learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 and Sri Ram Prakash Shukla, learned counsel for the State/O.P. No.1 who are present in Court and perused the record. 3. Learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 submits that although he was granted time vide order dated 28.04.2026 to file counter affidavit but he does not proposes to file any counter affidavit. Thus the Court proceeds to hear the matter. 4. This criminal appeal under Section 14A(2) of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 has been filed by the appellant Nekpal, with the prayer to allow the appeal and release the appellant on bail in Special Trial No. 108/2025 (Nekpal Vs. State of U.P.) vide Case Crime No. 253/2025, under Sections 333, 115(2), 352, 351(2), 109, 3(5) BNS and Section 3(2)(v) of SC/ST Act, Police Station Civil Lin