CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 3942 of 2025 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 3942 of 2025 Suneel Gautam Alias Saddam Kuraishi @ Saddam Hussain .....Appellant(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Madhusudan Dutt Mishra, Arun Diwaker, Bhaskar Dutt Misra, Kapil Kumar Yadav 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. Learned AGA for the State has informed the Court that notice of the instant criminal appeal has been served upon the complainant and in this regard the report of concerned police station has been enclosed as Annexure no. CA-1 to 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 record. The pre