Archana Devi v. State of U.P. and 6 Others

Court No. - 92 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 32040 of 2023 Applicant :- Archana Devi Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And 6 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Rohit Singh Parmar Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Anish Kumar Gupta,J.

¶1Heard Sri Rohit Singh Parmar, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Satish Kumar Shukla, the learned AGA for the State.

¶2The instant application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed seeking a direction for expeditious disposal of Complaint Case No. 38 of 2020 (Archana Devi vs. Shakil Ahmad and others), under Sections 323, 354A, 452 IPC and 3(1)(X) SC/ST Act, P.S. Utraon, Disrict Allahabad, pending before the Special Judge, SC/ST Act, Allahabad.

¶3Learned counsel for the applicant submits that in the instant application, a complaint was filed on 15.02.2020. Subsequently, after recording the statements under Sections 200 and 202 Cr.P.C., summons were issued against the accused persons on

30.01.2023. Therefore, learned counsel for the applicant submits that more than three years have passed and the case is proceeding in a very slow manner, therefore, he has prayed for a direction for expeditious disposal of the instant case.

¶4Learned counsel for the State submits that immediately after filing of the case, the Covid-19 had prevailed over and the nationwide lock down were there, therefore, the proceedings of the matter were stopped for about one and half years. Thereafter the statements of witnesses were recorded. After recording of the statements, the summoning order dated

30.01.2023 was passed against the accused persons and subsequent thereto, even the applicant was not present and the accused persons have not yet appeared for the said complaint case, therefore, no direction is required to be issued at this stage.

¶5Having heard the rival submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, this court has carefully perused the record of the case. From the perusal of the complaint, it appears that the applicant is the victim of the incident and she is suffering day by day and till date, the accused persons are moving scot-free and looking at the allegations made against the accused persons, which are serious in nature, the learned Special Judge, SC/ST Act, Allahabad is directed to proceed with the matter expeditiously in accordance with law.

¶6With the aforesaid observation, the instant application is disposed of. Order Date :- 26.10.2023 Ashish Pd. High Court of Judicature at Allahabad