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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD, LUCKNOW BENCH
SUBHASH VIDYARTHI
Shanu – Appellant
Versus
State of U.P. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J.
1. Heard Shri Kunwar Rudra Pratap Singh, the learned counsel for the appellants and Shri Mohd. Asif Khan, the learned A.G.A.-I for the State of U.P. Vakalatnama of Shri Kunwar Rudra Pratap Singh is already there in Criminal Appeal Nos.1613 of 2012 and 1652 of 2012 and he has filed his vakalatnama in Criminal Appeal No.1625 of 2012, which is taken on record
2. All the three appellants in the aforesaid three appeals are present in person and they stated that they have already submitted bail bonds and sureties in furtherance of the order dated 01.04.2026 passed by this Court.
3. The learned counsel for the appellant has submitted that the allegation in the present case is that Smt. Alia called the victim from her home, locked her inside a room along with Shakeel (husband of Smt. Alia) and Shanu and both of them raped the victim while Smt. Alia was sitting outside the room. He has submitted that it is highly improbable that a lady would call another young lady to her home, lock her inside with her husband and another person and get her raped while she would keep on sitting outside.
4. This was the entire submission advanced by the learned counsel for the app
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