IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL

Criminal Appeal No. 297 of 2015

Umesh Sajwan @ Bablu ...... Appellant

Vs.

State of Uttarakhand ..... Respondent

Present:

Mr. Arvind Vashistha, Senior Advocate assisted by Mr. Abhishek Anthwal and

Mr. Hemant Singh Mehra, Advocates for the appellant.

Mr. Siddhartha Bisht, A.G.A. for the State of Uttarakhand.

Criminal Appeal No. 326 of 2015

Prakash Pandey @ Vikash Tyagi ...... Appellant

Vs.

State of Uttarakhand ..... Respondent

Present:

Mr. Vipul Sharma and Mr. Maneesh Bisht, Advocates for the appellant.

Mr. Siddhartha Bisht, A.G.A. for the State of Uttarakhand.

Government Appeal No. 12 of 2016

State of Uttarakhand ...... Appellant

Vs.

Ghananand Joshi and Others ..... Respondents

Present:

Mr. Siddhartha Bisht, Advocate for the appellant/State.

Mr. Vipul Sharma, Advocate for the respondent no.1/Ghananand Joshi.

Mr. Sandeep Tiwari, Advocate for the respondent no.2/Suraj Verma.

None is present for the respondent no.3/Chaman Lohari.

JUDGMENT

Coram: Hon’ble Ravindra Maithani, J.

Hon’ble Alok Mahra, J.

Hon’ble Ravindra Maithani, J. (Oral)

All these appeals arise out from the common

judgment. Therefore, they are being decided by this common

judgment and order.

2. The instant ap