Pradeep Kumar v. State of U.P. and Another

Court No. - 90 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 34490 of 2023 Applicant :- Pradeep Kumar Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Anurag Dubey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Dinesh Pathak,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for the applicant and the learned A.G.A.

¶2Applicant has invoked the inherent jurisdiction of this Court beseeching expeditious disposal of Sessions Trial No. 238 of 2010 (State vs. Lallan Singh and Others) arising out of Case Crime No. 321 of 2008 under Section 302 I.P.C., Police Station Bewar, District Mainpuri pending in the court of Additional Sessions Judge, Court No. 1, Mainpuri.

¶3In pursuance of the order dated 12.10.2023 passed by this Court, Incharge, Additional Sesions Judge, Court No. 09, Mainpuri has submitted his report dated 18.10.2023 informing to this Court that the cross-examination of PW-2 is going on. Learned counsel for the applicant has admitted the observation as made by the court below. It is submitted that on behalf of the accused, adjournment are being sought for unnecessarily to cross-examine PW-2.

¶4Learned A.G.A. has no objection, if a direction is issued to the court concerned to decide the aforesaid case, expeditiously.

¶5In this conspectus as above, having considered the old first information report dated 21.04.2008, no useful purpose would be served to keep this matter pending. Therefore, this court deems it appropriate to finally dispose of the present application, without making any observation on the merits of the case, as mentioned in the application, with a direction to the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Court No. 1, Mainpuri to decide the aforesaid case strictly in accordance with law by means of a reasoned and speaking order, after affording opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned and without granting any unnecessary adjournments to either of the parties expeditiously, preferably, within a period of ten months from the date of production of certified copy of this order.

¶6With the aforesaid direction, this petition is finally disposed off. Order Date :- 2.11.2023 VR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad