CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2817 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 2817 of 2026 Jitendra Pratap Singh And 2 Others .....Appellant(s) Versus State of U.P. and Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Shiva Priya Prasad Counsel for Respondent(s) : Krishna Kanhaiya Soni, G.A. Court No. - 51 HON'BLE ANIL KUMAR-X, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the appellants, Shri Krishna Kanhaiya Soni, learned counsel for the respondent no.2 and Shri D.K. Rai, 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 appellants with a prayer to allow the appeal and quash the entire proceedings arising out of cognizance order dated 12.8.2025 passed in Special Session Trail No. 307 of 2025 (State Vs Ram Ashish) on charge sheet dated 21.6.2020 in pursuance of in case crime no. 106 of 2020 u/s 147, 148, 323, 504, 506, 452, 325 of 1.P.C & Section 3(1)द, ध of S.C/S.T Act Police Station Khuthan District Jaunpur. 3. Learned counsel for the appellants has submitted that a first information report was lodged against 21 accused persons. Name of one accused person was repeated twice. Ma