Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:23664 Reserved on 24.01.2025 Delivered on 25.04.2025 Court No. - 7 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 286 of 2025 Applicant :- Shyam Narayan Singh Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko.

Counsel for Applicant :- Nagendra Mohan,Salil Mohan Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.

Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J.

1. Heard Sri Nagendra Mohan, learned Senior Member of the Bar assisted by Sri Satya Narain Mishra, Advocate, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri S.P. Tiwari, learned AGA for the State of U.P. and perused the record.

2. The instant application has been filed challenging the order dated 22.11.2024 passed by Special Judge, Gangster/Additional Sessions Judge (V), Ayodhya in Sessions Trial No. 895 of 1996 (State vs. Sushil Kumar Singh) arising out of Case Crime No. 999/1996, under Section 302 IPC, Police Station- Kotwali Ayodhya, District- Faizabad (now Ayodhya).

3. Vide order impugned dated 22.11.2024 passed in exercise of Power vested in the trial court under Section 319 Cr.P.C., the applicant has been summoned to face the trial for the offences under Sections 302, 201, 120-B IPC.

4. Brief facts of the case are to the effect that an FIR was lodged on 27.06.1996 (the date mentioned on the FIR annexed as Annexure No. 2 to the present application) by the opposite party No. 2, which was registered as Case Crime No. 999/1996, under Section 302/201 IPC at Police Station-

Kotwali Ayodhya, District- Faizabad (now Ayodhya).

5. According to the aforesaid FIR, on 23.06.1996 at about 8.30 AM, the deceased/Preeti Kumar Pandey after informing the informant that he is going to take bath went to the house of the applicant and started watching TV serial known as ‘Krishna’, where, applicant's family members and co-

accused/Ram Kumar Das were also present. After about 15-20 minutes, the deceased/Preeti Kumar Pandey and Ram Kumar Das went out and after the serial was over, Ram Kumar Das alone came back there and the deceased/Preeti Kumar Pandey could not be traced out and therefore, a missing report was lodged at Police Station- Ayodhya on 26.06.1996 at about 10.30 hours.

6. The FIR further indicates that on 27.06.1996, the body of the deceased was found tied in a ‘Sack’ from the ‘well’ situated at Hanuman Garhi Bagiya which is located near ‘Adgada’ crossing.

7. According to the FIR, co-accused/Ram Kumar Das and the applicant were involved in the crime and therefore, taking note of the contents of the FIR, the same was lodged against the applicant and Ram Kumar Das.

8. After lodging of the aforesaid FIR, the Investigating Officer (in short "IO") submitted the charge sheet dated 08.09.1996 under Sections 302, 201, 120-B IPC against Shyam Narayan Singh (present applicant), Hariram, Ram Kumar Das and Sushil Kumar.

9. Co-accused Ram Kumar Das and Sushil Kumar were apprehended and subsequently released on bail and the charges against these accused were framed as appears from the record including the order impugned dated

22.11.2024.

10. The applicant and Hariram were declared absconder and therefore, the trial court issued Non-bailable Warrant on 18.07.2000 against these persons.

11. The order dated 18.07.2000 is extracted hereunder:-

"18-7-2000

49-ब ्ቚा्ቕ(cid:5)नाप्ቔ अभि(cid:11)योजन प्ቌ ्ቛारा इस आशय का दि(cid:24)या गया है दिक इस मुक(cid:24)में का वा(cid:24)ी रामफे र पाण्डेय अभि(cid:11)योजन सा्ቌी संख्या-1 ने न्यायालय में साቌኚय (cid:24)ेते समय अपने मुख्य बयान में कहा ह ै दिक अभि(cid:11)य्ሹु श्याम नरायन िሺसह व हरीराम झा का नाम बतौर अभि(cid:11)य्ሹु लिलया है त्ቕा अभि(cid:11)य्ሹु श्याम नरायन िሺसह ्ቚ्ቕम सूचना रिरपो्቏(cid:5) में मय नामज(cid:24) अभि(cid:11)य्ሹु है और अभि(cid:11)य्ሹु हरीराम झा का नाम दिववेचना (cid:24)ौरान ्ቚकाश में आया ्ቕा। परन्तु कुक7 होने के बावजू(cid:24) वह (cid:24)रखाफ नहीं हो सका। जब दिक श्याम नरायन िሺसह सरकारी नौकरी में है और अपने मोह्ቤा स्वग(cid:5)्ቛार अयोध्या में रहता है अतः इन (cid:24)ोनों अभि(cid:11)य्ሹु ों को न्यायालय ्ቛारा तलब करके इनका परी्ቌण इसी स्ቔ परी्ቌण में दिकया जाय।

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