CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 604 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 604 of 2026 Deepak .....Appellant(s) Versus State of U.P. and Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : G.A., Sunil Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : Court No. - 75 HON'BLE SAMIT GOPAL, J. 1. List revised. 2. Heard Sri Sunil Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the appellant, Sri Birendra Pratap Singh, learned counsel for the State and perused the record. 3. Vide order dated 21.01.2026 notice was issued to the opposite party no.2. As per the office report dated 15.04.2026 a report regarding service of notice has been received. The report dated 10.02.2026 of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Amroha is on record which states that notice has been served on the opposite party no.2. Despite service of notice, no one appears on behalf of the opposite party no.2. 4. This criminal appeal under Section 14A(2) of Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (in short "S.C./S.T. Act") has been filed by the appellant- Deepak, with the prayer to allow this appeal and set-aside the order dated 18.12.2025 passed by learned In-charge Additional District & Sessions Judge / Special Judge (SC/ST Act), A