(1.) Heard counsel for the appellant and Standing Counsel for the State respondent and perused the record. This Special Appeal is directed against the order dated 16.5.2007 passed by the learned Single Judge in Writ Petition No. 23262 of 2007 (Rashid Khan v. State of U.P.).
(2.) The brief facts of this case are :
(3.) The appellant also placed certain relevant facts in his petition :