Ram Niwas Gupta v. State of U.P. and Another

Court No. - 89 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 44432 of 2023 Applicant :- Ram Niwas Gupta Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Rajesh Prasad,Kuldeep Singh,Nitin Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Deepak Verma,J.

¶1Heard Sri Kuldeep Singh, counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State.

¶2The present 482 Cr.P.C. application has been filed with a prayer to decide the Complaint Case No. 524 of 2022 (Ram Niwas Vs. Abhimanyu Singh) under Section 138 N.I. Act, P.S. Naini, District Prayagraj, pending before the Special Judge/N.I. Act, Room No. 02, Allahabad.

¶3Counsel for the applicant submits that applicant is complainant and initiated proceedings against the opposite party no. 2 which is pending since 23.03.2022 and till date complaint has not been decided whereas there is provision under the N.I. Act to complete the proceedings within six months.

¶4Considering the fact that the trial has remained pending since 2022, 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 four months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order, if there is no other legal impediment. Order Date :- 5.12.2023 Meenu Singh High Court of Judicature at Allahabad