Satya Pal Singh v. State of U.P

Court No. - 89 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 33993 of 2023 Applicant :- Satya Pal Singh Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Sudhir Kumar Agarwal,Radha Krishan Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Deepak Verma,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for the applicant 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 for early decision of Case No. 65/IX of 2013 (State Vs. Vikas Arora and Others), arising out of Case Crime No. 574 of 2012, under Sections-147, 506, 504 I.P.C., Police Station-Vrindavan, District-Mathura, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mathura.

¶3Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that applicant is informant in the instant case and charge-sheet was submitted in the year 2013. Thereafter, no charge has been framed by the trial court and accused persons are not co-operating in the trial proceedings inspite of non bailable warrants have been issued against them. He further submitted that more than ten years have been passed but no charge has been framed.

¶4Considering the fact that the trial has remained pending since 2013. 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 one year from the date of production of a certified copy of this order, if there is no other legal impediment. Order Date :- 14.12.2023 Aditya High Court of Judicature at Allahabad