HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD Pravesh Singh .....Appellant(s)

Versus State of U.P.

.....Respondent(s)

Counsel for Appellant(s) : Alkesh Singh, K.S.Chauhan Counsel for Respondent(s) : A G A, Jahar Singh (Kashyap)

Court No. - 76 HON'BLE NAND PRABHA SHUKLA, J.

1. Heard Sri Alkesh Singh, learned counsel for the appellant, Sri Ratan Singh, learned A.G.A.-I for the State and perused the record.

2. This appeal under Section 374(2) Cr.P.C. has been preferred against the judgment and order dated 29.1.1988 passed by VIth Additional Sessions Judge, Mainpuri in Sessions Trial No. 250 of 1987 (State vs. Pravesh Singh) convicting the accused/appellant under section 429 I.P.C. and sentencing to undergo R.I. of six months.

3. Today, the present Criminal Appeal is listed under the category of oldest pending cases in this High Court for priority basis.

4. As per the office report dated 20.01.2026, notice has been served upon the appellant Pravesh Singh.

5. Learned counsel for the appellant has submitted that he is not inclined to argue the case on merits and seeks the benefit of probation as the appellant has been convicted for the offence under Section 429 IPC for maximum sentence of six months R.I.