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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW Kunal Ashok Chaudhari @ Atif .....Appellant(s)

Versus State of U.P. Thru.Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. of Home , Lko.

.....Respondent(s)

Along with :

1. Criminal Appeal No. 3049 of 2024:

Irfan Shaikh @ Irfan Shaikh Versus State of U.P. Through Ats

2. Criminal Appeal No. 3173 of 2024:

Mannu Yadav Versus State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko

3. Criminal Appeal No. 3174 of 2024:

Rahul Bhola Versus State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. 4. Criminal Appeal No. 3181 of 2024:

Bhoopriya Bando @ Arslan Mustafa Versus State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. 5. Criminal Appeal No. 3222 of 2024:

Kauser Alam Versus State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. 6. Criminal Appeal No. 3224 of 2024:

Dheeraj Govindrao Jagtap Versus State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko

7. Criminal Appeal No. 3265 of 2024:

Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui Versus State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko

8. Criminal Appeal No. 3266 of 2024:

Mohd. Umar Gautam Versus State of U.P Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Deptt. Lko

9. Criminal Appeal No. 3267 of 2024:

Abdullah Umar Versus State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Deptt. Lko

10. Criminal Appeal No. 3278 of 2024:

Prasad Rameshwar Kawre @ Adam Versus State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko 11. Criminal Appeal No. 3279 of 2024:

Mohd Saleem Versus State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. 12. Criminal Appeal No. 3280 of 2024:

Dr. Faraz Babullah Shah Versus State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. 13. Criminal Appeal No. 3294 of 2024:

Sarfaraz Ali Jafri Versus State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. 14. Criminal Appeal No. 3300 of 2024:

Mufti Qazi Jhangeer Qasmi Versus State of U.P. Thru. A.T.S. Gomti Nagar

15. Criminal Appeal No. 3464 of 2024:

Sallahuddin Jainuddin Sheikh Versus State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko.

Counsel for Appellant(s) : Abhishek Ranjan, Abhishek Singh, Amarjeet Singh Rakhra, Amjad Siddiqui, Dr. Ajai Pratap Singh Chauhan, Furkan Pathan, Indu Prakash Singh, Krishan Kumar, Mohemmed Amir Naqvi, Mukul Joshi, Najmussaquib, O.p. Tiwari, Prabhat Ranjan Pandey, Rahul Srivastava, Rajanish Kumar Tiwari, Rajesh Chandra Mishra, Rudra Pratap Singh, Salil Kumar Srivastava, Sameer Singh, Subhash Bisaria, Sushil Kumar Singh, Varun Kumar Gupta, Zia Ul Qayuim Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A., Shiv Nath Tilhari Reserved on 27.10.2026 Pronounced on 04.11.2026 Court No. - 9 HON'BLE RAJESH SINGH CHAUHAN, J.

HON'BLE RAM MANOHAR NARAYAN MISHRA, J.

Order on C.M.A. No.1 of 2024 of Criminal Appeal No.4008 of 2024, C.M.A. No.1 of 2024 of Criminal Appeal No. 3049 of 2024 C.M.A. No.1 of 2024 of Criminal Appeal No.3173 of 2024 C.M.A. No.1 of 2024 of Criminal Appeal No.3174 of 2024 C.M.A. No.1 of 2024 of Criminal Appeal No.3181 of 2024 C.M.A. No.1 of 2024 of Criminal Appeal No.3222 of 2024 C.M.A. No.1 of 2024 of Criminal Appeal No.3224 of 2024 C.M.A. No.1 of 2024 of Criminal Appeal No.3265 of 2024 C.M.A. No.1 of 2024 of Criminal Appeal No.3266 of 2024 C.M.A. No.1 of 2024 of Criminal Appeal No.3267 of 2024 C.M.A. No.1 of 2024 of Criminal Appeal No.3278 of 2024 C.M.A. No.1 of 2024 of Criminal Appeal No.3279 of 2024 C.M.A. No.1 of 2024 of Criminal Appeal No.3280 of 2024 C.M.A. No.1 of 2024 of Criminal Appeal No.3294 of 2024 C.M.A. No.1 of 2024 of Criminal Appeal No.3300 of 2024 C.M.A. No.1 of 2024 of Criminal Appeal No.3464 of 2024

1. Heard submissions of Sri Purnendu Chakraborty, learned Senior Advocated assisted by Sri Krishan Kumar, learned counsel for the appellant- Kunal Ashok Chaudhari @ Atif, Sri Furkan Pathan, learned counsel for the appellants- Irfan Shaikh @ Ifran Shaikh, Mufti Qazi Jhangeer Qasmi, Sri Zia Ul Qayum, learned counsel for the appellants- Mannu Yadav, Rahul Bhola, Sri Sushil Kmar Singh, learned counsel for the appellants- Bhoopriya Bando @ Arslan Mustafa, Mohd. Umar Gautam, Prasad Rameshwar Kawre @ Adam, Sallahuddin Jainuddin Sheikh, Sri Abhishek Singh, learned counsel for appellants- Kauser Alam, Dheeraj Govindrao Jagtap, Sri Mohemmed Amir Naqvi, le