REPORTABLE 2023INSC758 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NOS. 825-826 of 2022 …APPELLANT IRFAN @ NAKA VERSUS THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH …RESPONDENT JUDGMENT J. B. Pardiwala, J.: 1. These appeals by special leave are at the instance of a convict- accused and is directed against the judgment and order dated 25.04.2018, passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad in Capital Case No. 4669 of 2017 connected with Reference No. 11 of 2017 by which, the High Court dismissed the appeal filed by the convict-accused and thereby affirmed the judgment and order of conviction and sentence of death passed Signature Not Verified Digitally signed by POOJA SHARMA Date: 2023.08.23 17:36:33 IST Reason: by the Additional Sessions Judge Court No. 6, Bijnore for the offence punishable under Sections 302, 436 and 326-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, ‘the IPC’) respectively. 1

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