CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2497 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 2497 of 2026 Kuldeep Baghel .....Appellant(s) Versus State of U.P. and Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Arvind Kumar Tiwari Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. Court No. - 75 HON'BLE SAMIT GOPAL, J. 1. List revised. 2. Heard Sri Arvind Kumar Tiwari, learned counsel for the appellant and Sri V.D. Ojha, learned AGA for the State and perused the records. 3. Notice was issued to opposite party No.2 vide order dated 11.3.2026. As per office report dated 7.5.2026, notice has been served upon opposite party No.2 personally. This Court has perused the report of Incharge Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hathras dated 5.5.2026 with regard to the same and also the report of Incharge Inspector, Police Station Hathras Gate, District Hathras dated 3.5.2026. On 8.5.2026, the matter was adjourned awaiting response of the said notice. It was stated to have been served on opposite party No.2 on 3.5.2025. Today even in the revised call, neither opposite party No.2 is present nor there is any representative on her behalf. The Court thus proceed to hear the matter. 4. This criminal appeal under Section 14A(2) of SC/ST (Prevention o