HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 694 of 2016 Kamal Prasad ….. ...... Appellant Versus State of U.P. ….. Respondent Counsel for Appellant : Sri Vimal Shukla, Sri Alok Srivastava, Sri Piyush Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent : Ld Govt. Advocate AFR Court No. – 10 Reserved on: 12.03.2026 Delivered on: 20.04.2026 HON’BLE RAJNISH KUMAR, J.

HON’BLE ZAFEER AHMAD, J.

( Per Zafeer Ahmad, J. )

1. Heard, Sri Piyush Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the appellant and learned A.G.A for the State. Perused the records.

2. The aforesaid criminal appeal arises out of judgment and order dated

29.03.2016 passed by Sessions Judge, Balrampur in S.T. No. 145/2013 (State v. Kamal Prasad), arising out of Case Crime No. 356/2012, Police Station Pachperwa, District Balrampur whereby the appellant has been convicted under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code,1860 (in short I.P.C) and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for life along with a fine of Rs. 10,000/-

and in default of payment of fine, to undergo an additional one year of simple imprisonment.

Prosecution Story in Nutshell:

3. The prosecution story, in brief, is that on 19.04.2012, the complainant Anil Kumar s/o Kamal Prasad r