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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD AT LUCKNOW BENCH
SANGEETA CHANDRA, MOHD. FAIZ ALAM KHAN
Annu Khatik – Appellant
Versus
State of U. P. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Mohd. Faiz Alam Khan, J.
1. Heard Shri Rajesh Kumar Dwivedi, learned Amicus for appellant-Chunni Lal and Raj Kumar Yadav, who have been released from the prison after remission has been granted to them in Criminal Appeal Nos. 351 of 2005 and 532 of 2005, Shri Chandra Shekher Pandey for appellant-Sanjay Yadav in Criminal Appeal No. 402 of 2005 and Shri Bipin Kumar Rai for appellant-Annu Khatik and Shri A.A. Zaidi for appellant-Munna Khatik in Criminal Appeal No. 351 of 2005 and Shri Prabhat Adhaulia, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.
2. All these appeals have been preferred by the convict appellants against the same impugned judgment and order and thus for the sake of convenience all these three appeals are being disposed off by this common judgment.
3. These criminal appeals have been preferred by appellants-Annu Khatik, Munna Khatik and Chunnilal in Criminal Appeal No. 351 of 2005, appellant-Raj Kumar Yadav in Criminal Appeal No. 532 of 2005 appellant-Sanjay Yadav in Criminal Appeal No. 402 of 2005, under Section 374(2) Cr.P.C. against the judgment and order dated 18.2.2005 passed by Special Judge (S.C./S.T. Act), Faizabad convicting and sentencing the ap
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