CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 3669 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 3669 of 2026 Taufiq @ Jumman And 2 Others .....Appellant(s) Versus State of U.P. and Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Manju Pandey, Minu Chaudhary Counsel for Respondent(s) : Ankesh Kumar, G.A., Sheetala Prasad Pandey Court No. - 51 HON'BLE MADAN PAL SINGH, J. 1. Heard the learned counsel for the appellant, learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2 and learned A.G.A for the State and perused the entire record. 2. This Criminal Appeal under Section 14-A (1) of The Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 has been preferred with a prayer to quash charge-sheet no. 1/2025, cognizance/summoning order dated 26th November, 2025 as well as entire proceedings of Sessions Case No. 1658 of 2025 (State Vs. Taufiq @ Jumman & Others), arising out of Case Crime No. 149 of 2025, under Sections- 333, 110, 115 (2), 352 B.N.S. and Sections 3 (1) (da), 3 (1) (dha) and 3 (2) (5A) of SC/ST Act, Police-Station- Kaptanganj, District-Basti, pending in the Court of Special Judge (S.C./S.T. Act) Basti. 3. Learned counsel for the appellants has submitted that from the version as unfolded in the