IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1128/2026 (@Special Leave Petition(Crl.) No.2375/2026)

MOHD PARVEZ ALAM Appellant(s)

VERSUS STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH & ORS. Respondent(s)

WITH CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1129/2026 (@Special Leave Petition(Crl.) No.2376/2026)

O R D E R

1. Leave granted.

2. Since the issues raised in both the captioned Criminal Appeals are the same, those were taken up for hearing analogously and are being disposed of by this common order.

3. These appeals arise from the Orders passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad dated 14-1-2026 in Criminal Appeal No.9392/2022 and Criminal Appeal No.264/2023 respectively, by which the High Court suspended the substantive orders of sentence of life imprisonment imposed by the Trial Court against the accused persons – herein in Sessions Trial No.7831/2007, arising out of Case Crime No.6/2007 registered with Kakrauli Police Station, District SignaMtureu Nozt Vearififedfar Nagar, U.P. for the offence punishable under Sections 147, Digitally signed by ANITA MALHOTRA Date: 2026.02.26 Reason:

4. It is the case of the prosecution that on 2-1-2007, the first informant, i.e., the appellant before u