Lalita Devi v. State Of U.P. And 6 Others
Case at a glance
Provisions considered
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 s. 483
- Indian Penal Code, 1860 ss. 109, 494, 504, 506
Judgment
Hon'ble Nalin Kumar Srivastava,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State.
The present application under Section 483 Cr.P.C. has been filed with a prayer to direct the Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate 5th, Jaunpur to decide the Case No.563 of 2023, CNR No.UPJP04006862 of 2022 (Old Case No.328 of 2022) (Lalita Vs. Shyama Nand) under Section 494, 504, 506, 109 IPC, Police Station Shahganj, District Jaunpur pending before him, expeditiously within a stipulated period.
It is submitted by learned counsel for the applicant that the applicant is the complainant of this case. Case is pending before the court since 2022 and till date trial has not been concluded. Applicant is appearing before the trial court regularly, however, the accused / opposite parties are not cooperating with the trial. The case is pending at the stage of appearance of the accused persons. In these circumstances it would be expedient in the interest of justice that the said case be decided expeditiously.
Considering the facts and circumstance of the case, the trial court is directed to make all possible efforts and to use its power attributed to it by law to procure the attendance / appearance of the accused persons within a period of three months before the court and after procuring the appearance of the accused, the trial court is directed further to make all possible endeavours to dispose of the case under reference as expeditiously as possible without granting any unnecessary or long adjournments to either of the parties, if there is no other legal impediment.
It is also made clear that the Court / Presiding Officer is not the only stake holder in the trial and disposal of a case, hence, besides the P.O. concerned, all the stake holders i.e. police and executive authorities, counsels, parties to the case, staff etc. are also made bound by this order and it will be their responsibility also to assist the Court in every manner for the expeditious disposal of this case.
With these observations, the application is finally disposed of. Order Date :- 21.1.2025 / ss
Questions this judgment answers
Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — s. 483; Indian Penal Code, 1860 — ss. 109, 494, 504, 506.
Which court decided this case, and when?
Allahabad High Court, on 21 Jan 2025.
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
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