The central legal point established in the judgment is the requirement to prove the essential elements of the offences under Sections 380 and 411 IPC, including the need to establish the identity of recovered articles and the lack of evidence supporting the conviction.

JUDGMENT :

Ram Krishna Gautam, J.

This Appeal, under Section 374 (2) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (In short hereinafter referred to as ''Cr.P.C.'), has been filed by the convict-appellants, Arvind Parmar @ Bunty Raja, Rajan @ Rajendra, and Raheem Khan, against the judgment of conviction, dated 25.7.2018 and sentences awarded therein by the Court of Additional District & Sessions Judge/Special Judge (U.P. Dacoity Affected Area), Lalitpur, in Sessions Trial No. 50 of 2013 (State vs. Arvind Parmar @ Bunty Raja and others), arising out of Case Crime No. 1420 of 2012, under Sections 380, 411, 413 IPC, Police Station- Kotwali Lalitpur, District Lalitpur, whereby convict-appellants, Arvind Parmar @ Bunty Raja, Rajan @ Rajendra and Raheem Khan have been sentenced with five years' rigorous imprisonment and fine of Rs.5,000/-, each, under Section 380 IPC and three years' rigorous imprisonment, with fine of Rs.3,000/-, each, under Section 411 IPC. In default of deposit of fine of Rs.5,000, they will have to serve six months' additional simple imprisonment and in default of deposit of fine of Rs.3,000/-, they will have to serve additional three months' simple imprisonment, with further direction for concurrent running of sentences and adjustment of previous incarceration, if any, in this case crime number, with this contention that the Trial court failed to appreciate facts and law placed before it and the judgment, 25.7.2018, of conviction and sentence, awarded therein, is illegal, perverse and against the weight of evidence on record. It was passed on the basis of surmises and conjunctures.

2. Sanjay Tiwari-Informant, PW-1, has lodged first information report on 14.7.2012, for occurrence of theft, said to have been committed in his house, in the night of 5/6.7.2012, which was got registered as Case Crime No.1420 of 2012, under Section 380 Indian Penal Code (In short hereinafter referred to as ''IPC'), against unknown accused persons, at Police Station- Kotwali Lalitpur, District Lalitpur. On 14.8.2012, arrest of Arvind Parmar @ Bunty Raja, appellant no.1, Jeetu Parihar, Rajan, appellant no.2, and Naval Ahirwar, was alleged to have been made whereas Shivam Tiwari, Arvind Pal and Raheem Khan, appellant no.3, were said to have absconded. A joint recovery of golden ornament and other stolen goods, as written in the recovery memo, was said to have been made from joint possession of accused-appellants, who were apprehended. First information report was got lodged on 14.7.2012, whereas appellant nos. 1 and 2 said to have been arrested on 14.8.2012 by PW-4, SHO-Uday Bhan Singh, alongwith, PW-3 and Sub Inspector Sunit Kumar, Incharge SOG, and his team. Recovery was also said to have been made from appellant nos. 1 and 2, and appellant no.3 said to have fled from the spot, whereas no such recovery was there, except concocted and planted one. Co-accused, Arvind Pal, Jeetu Parihar, Naval Ahirvar and Shivam Tiwari were discharged on the basis of same evidence in Sessions Trial no.50 of 2013, arising out of Case Crime No.1420 of 2012, whereas appellants, in the present Appeal, have been convicted and sentenced, vide impugned judgment. Prosecution failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt, even then judgment of conviction was passed. It was a false recovery and false implication. Hence, this Criminal Appeal, with a prayer for setting aside judgment, thereby acquitting the appellants.

3. Heard Sri Nanhe Lal Tripathi, learned counsel for the appellant and learned AGA, appearing for the State and gone through the impugned judgement as well as record of the Trial court.

4. From very perusal of the record, it is apparent that Case Crime No. 1420 of 2012, under Section 380 IPC, was got registered at Police Station- Kotwali Lalitpur, District Lalitpur on 14.7.2012, at 16.30 PM, for an occurrence of theft occurred in the night of 5.7.2012, at the house of informant-Sanjay Tiwari, being House No.67/1, situated at Devgarh Road, Gandhi Nagar, District L