Mata Din vs State of U.P. - 2026 Supreme(All) 104

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2026 Supreme(All) 104

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
J.J.MUNIR, SANJIV KUMAR
Mata Din – Appellant
Versus
State of U.P. – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant : P.N. Mishra, Rakesh Kumar Rathore, Sanjeev Kumar
For the Respondent: D.G.A.

Table of Content
1. initiation of the criminal appeal. (Para 1 , 2)
2. factual background of the murder case. (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7)
3. witness testimonies and facts surrounding the incident. (Para 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 14)
4. investigative process and evidence collection. (Para 13 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19)
5. documentary evidence supporting the prosecution. (Para 20 , 21)
6. arguments and counterarguments presented by the parties. (Para 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26)
7. court's analysis of witness credibility. (Para 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31)
8. reactions and behaviors of witnesses evaluated. (Para 33 , 34 , 35)
9. natural reactions and implications for witness reliability. (Para 36 , 37 , 38)
10. medical evidence correlation with witness accounts. (Para 39 , 40)
11. final court decision affirming prosecutions case. (Para 41 , 42)
12. conclusion and directives for compliance. (Para 43 , 44 , 45)

JUDGMENT :

Sanjiv Kumar, J.

1. This criminal appeal has been preferred, under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, ‘Cr.P.C.’), by the appellant/ convicts, Matadin and Ram Kishan against the judgment and order dated 31.10.1984 passed by Mr. K.S. Srivastava, the then 1st Addl. Sessio