CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 158 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 158 of 2026 Indra Bahadur @ Ram Bhadauriya And Another .....Appellant(s) Versus State of U.P. and Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Jeetendra Kumar Sharma, Laxmi Dubey Counsel for Respondent(s) : Pankaj Kumar Mishra, G.A. Court No. - 51 HON'BLE ANIL KUMAR-X, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the appellant, Shri Pankaj Kumar Mishra, learned counsel for the respondent/informant and Shri R.K. Singh, learned AGA for the State. 2. This criminal appeal under Section 14-A(1) of The Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 has been preferred by the appellant with a prayer to allow the appeal and set aside the impugned cognizance order dated 18.07.2025 passed by Special Judge, (SC/ST Act), Etawah in Session Case No. 1027 2025 (State Vs. Indrabahdur @ Ram Bhadauriya and others) arising out of Case Crime No. 102 of 2025, Under Sections 108, 351(3), 352 Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023 and Section 3(1)(R)(S), 3(2)(V) of SC/ST Act, P.S. Bakewar, District Etawah. 3. The FIR states that on 25.04.2025 at around 9:30 PM, the appellants along with other co-accused came to the informant's h