CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 157 of 2026 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 157 of 2026 Sonu Singh .....Appellant(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. And Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Ram Ashish, Ram Lakhan Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. Court No. - 28 HON'BLE PRAMOD KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, J. Counter affidavit filed today by learned AGA for the State is taken on record. Vide order dated 20.01.2026, notice was issued to opposite party no. 2 and as per information given by learned AGA, the notice has been served to opposite party no. 2, in this regard CA-1 has also been annexed alongwith the counter affidavit. Today when the case is taken up, neither counsel on behalf of opposite party no. 2 is present nor any counter has been filed, therefore, this Court has no option but to proceed in the matter to decide the instant appeal. Heard learned counsel for the appellant and learned Additional Government Advocate for the State as well as perused the material available on record. The present criminal appeal under Section 14-A (2) Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act has been preferred against the impugned order dated 11