CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1616 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 1616 of 2026 Meera Devi And 3 Others .....Appellant(s) Versus State of U.P. and Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Rajesh Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. Court No. - 51 HON'BLE ANIL KUMAR-X, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the appellants and Shri Amrit Raj, learned AGA for the State. 2. Learned AGA states that notice on the respondent/informant has been served, but none has appeared on behalf of the said respondent to oppose the appeal. Copy of the notice provided by the learned AGA be kept on record. 3. 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 appellants with a prayer to allow the appeal and set aside the charge sheet dated 30.01.2025 and cognizance & summoning order dated 07.05.2025 passed by Additional Session Judge/Special Judge, SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Kushinagar at Padrauna, in Special Session Trial No. 583/2025, (State Vs. Sunny Dayal & others), arising out of Case Crime No. 432/2024, u/s 115(2), 352, 351(3), 324(4) Β.Ν.S. and 3(1) Da & 3 (1) Dha of SC/ST Act, Pol