SUBHASH VIDYARTHI
Akshay Pratap Singh @ Gopalji – Appellant
Versus
State of U. P. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
SUBHASH VIDYARTHI J.
1. Heard the submissions of Sri H.G.S. Parihar, Senior Advocate assisted by Smt. Meenakshi Singh Parihar and Abhiuday Pratap Singh Advocates, the learned counsel for the applicants in Application under Section 482 Nos. 2718 of 2023, Sri. P.K. Singh Bisen Advocate, the learned Counsel for the applicant in Applications under Section 482 No. 4038 of 2023 and 5595 of 2023 and Sri Rao Narendra Singh, the learned AGA-I for the State, Sri Ravi Shanker Singh, the learned counsel for the informant and Sri Ajmal Khan, the learned counsel for the intervener.
2. The application No. 2718 of 2023 has been filed by (1) Akshay Pratap Singh alias Gopalji, (2) Satyendra Singh, (3) Kailash Nath Ojha, (4) Lalji Nigam, (5) Hitesh Kumar alias Pankaj Singh, (6) Rohit Singh alias Rohit Kumar Singh, (7) Raghvendra Pratap Singh alias Mukur alias Raghvendra Singh, (8) Monu sinsh alias Ashutosh Singh, (9) Yogendra Singh, (10) Sarvesh Singh, (11) Prafulla Kumar Singh alias Dabbu Singh, (12) Zulfeqar Ahmad alias Zulfeqar Ahmad Siddiqui, (13) Shailendra Kumar, (14) VInod Kumar, (15) Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya alias Kunwar Raghuraj Pratap Singh, (16) Ram Kumar alias Banti
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