CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 3553 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 3553 of 2026 Rahul Thakur And Another .....Appellant(s) Versus State of U.P. and Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Pramod Kumar, Sarvesh Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A., Om Prakash Yadav Court No. - 51 HON'BLE MADAN PAL SINGH, J. 1. Heard Sri Pramod Kumar, learned counsel for the appellants, Sri Om Prakash Yadav, learned counsel for the opposite party no.2, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the entire record. 2. The present criminal appeal under Section 14-A(1) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 has been preferred challenging the cognizance/summoning order dated 16.12.2025 passed by the learned Special Judge (S.C./S.T. Act), Ballia in Special Sessions Trial No.1556 of 2025 (State Vs. Rahul Thakur and others), arising out of Case Crime No.162 of 2025, under Sections 352, 351(3) B.N.S. and Section 3(1)(Da), 3(2)(va) of the S.C./S.T. Act, Police Station Bheempura, District Ballia. 3. Learned counsel for the appellants submits that the alleged incident is stated to have occurred on 15.06.2025 whereas the F.I.R. came to be lodged after about