Bal Mukund @ Bachchu and Another v. State of U.P. and Another

Court No. - 89 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 39201 of 2023 Applicant :- Bal Mukund @ Bachchu And Another Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Vinod Kumar,Kapil Kumar Soni Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Deepak Verma,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for the applicants and learned A.G.A for the State as also perused the record.

¶2This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed seeking direction to the court below to decide the Complaint Case No.83 of 2017 (Smt. Sonam Soni Vs. Bal Mukund @ Bachchu & others) under Sections 452, 394, 506 I.P.C., P.S. Rath, District Hamirpur.

¶3Counsel for the applicants submits that applicants are accused in the aforesaid case. The opposite party no. 2 moved application under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. which was treated as complaint and after recording statement under Sections 200 and 202 Cr.P.C., applicants were summoned in the aforesaid offence. The applicants applied for bail and they were released on bail. Various dates have been fixed since 2018 but the complainant/opposite party no. 2 is not appearing in the proceedings and bailable warrants have been issued against the applicants.

¶4Considering the aforesaid facts, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this application is finally disposed of with a direction to the court below to decide the aforesaid case in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible, without granting any unnecessary or long adjournments to either of the parties, preferably within a period of five months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order, if there is no other legal impediment. Order Date :- 26.10.2023 Meenu Singh High Court of Judicature at Allahabad