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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR D.B. Criminal Appeal No. 264/2002 State of Rajasthan ----Appellant Versus Hazari Lal S/o Ramdev, Aged 32 years, R/o Village Rahimpura @

Naya Gaon, P.S. Peeplu, District-Tonk.

----Respondent Connected With S.B. Criminal Appeal No. 41/2001 Hazari Lal S/o Ramdev, aged about 32 years, R/o Village Raheempura @ Nayagaon P.S. Peeplu District-Tonk.

(Presently confined in district Jail, Tonk)

---Accused-Appellant Versus State of Rajasthan, through P. P.

----Respondent For Appellant(s) : Mr. Naresh Kumar Gupta, PP in D.B.

Criminal Appeal No. 264/2002 Mr. Happy Sharma &

Mr. Syed Adeel Naqvi in D.B. Criminal Appeal No. 41/2001 For Respondent(s) : Mr. Happy Sharma &

Mr. Syed Adeel Naqvi in D.B. Criminal Appeal No.264/2002 Mr. Naresh Kumar Gupta, PP in D.B.

Criminal Appeal No. 41/2001 HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MAHENDAR KUMAR GOYAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE BHUWAN GOYAL

Judgment

24/03/2026 Per Hon’ble Mahendar Kumar Goyal, J.

These criminal appeals are directed against the judgment dated 22.12.2000 passed by the learned Special Judge (Communal Riots Cases) Tonk (for brevity ‘the learned trial court’)

in Sessions Case No.39/2000, whereby, while