CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 347 of 2026 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 347 of 2026 Bhupendra Singh @ Rishu Singh .....Appellant(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Ashutosh Kumar Shukla 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. Rejoinder affidavit filed today by learned counsel for the appellant is also taken on record. Vide order dated 06.02.2026, notice was issued to opposite party and as per office report, the same has been served on opposite party no. 2. 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 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 12.01.2026 passed by lea