RAJIV GUPTA, MOHD. AZHAR HUSAIN IDRISI
Lala Ram – Appellant
Versus
State of U. P. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Rajiv Gupta, J.
1. Heard Shri Brij Raj Singh, learned counsel for the appellants, Shri Jitendra Kumar Jaiswal, learned AGA for the State and perused the record.
2. The instant criminal appeal has been filed against the judgment and order dated 16.01.2004 passed by Additional District Sessions Judge, Court No.3, Fatehgarh, Farrukhabad in Sessions Trial No. 626 of 2000 (State Vs. Lala Ram and Others), arising out of Case Crime No. 41 of 2000, under Sections 147, 148, 149, 302 IPC, Police Station Kayam Ganj, District Farrukhabad, by which the accused-appellants have been convicted for the offence under Section 147 IPC and awarded the sentence of two years’ rigorous imprisonment, under Section 148 IPC and awarded the sentence of three years’ rigorous imprisonment, under Section 302 read with Section 149 IPC and awarded the sentence of life imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 5,000/-each with default stipulations.
3. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Farrukhabad vide his letter dated 22.03.2021 has informed this Court that appellant no.1 Lala Ram has passed away about seven months back, as such, the instant criminal appeal on behalf of appellant no.1 Lala Ram, is dismissed as having been ab
Dalip Singh and Others Vs. State of Punjab AIR 1953 SC 364
Hari Obula Reddy Vs. State of A.P. (1981) 3 SCC 675
Kamta Yadav vs. State of Bihar (2016) 16 SCC 164
Leela Ram (Dead) Through Duli Chand Vs. State of Haryana and Another reported in (1999) 9 SCC 525
Mahadeo Kundalik Vaidya and Others Vs. State of Maharashtra
Meharaj Singh (L/Nk.) Vs. State of U.P.
Pala Singh Vs. State of Punjab (1972) 2 SCC 640
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