Gunjan Das @ Gunjan Mishra v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko

Court No. - 15 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 5063 of 2023 Petitioner :- Gunjan Das @ Gunjan Mishra Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. Counsel for Petitioner :- Vineet Mani Tripathi,Rohan Pathak,Vivek Kumar Shukla Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Shamim Ahmed,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. This petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India has been filed with a prayer to issue an order or direction so as to expedite the proceedings of Criminal Case No.23 of 2022, Crime No.374 of 2021, Police Station Kotwali Ayodhya, District Ayodhya, under Sections 3(1) of U.P. Gangster Act, 1986 pending in the Court of learned Special Judge, Gangster Act, Court No.5, Faizabad. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that a positive direction be given to the court below to decide the aforesaid case within a stipulated period. Learned A.G.A. has no objection on the prayer made by the learned counsel for the petitioner and submits that a positive direction be given to the court below to decide the case of the petitioner, as merely keeping pending the same by the court below does not suffice any purpose of the litigation. In view of the statements made by the learned counsel for the parties, the court below is directed to decide the above mentioned case expeditiously, preferably within a period of four months, without granting any unnecessary adjournment to either of the parties from the date of filing of the certified copy of this order, unless there is some legal impediment or unless there is any order passed by the higher court staying the proceedings of the case. With the aforesaid observation, the petition is disposed of finally. Order Date :- 10.10.2023 Saurabh High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench