Petition under Article 227 seeking directions for expeditious disposal of a pending criminal case under Sections 406, 504, 506 IPC. The court directed the magistrate to decide the case promptly without unnecessary adjournments and disposed of the petition.
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Neutral Citation No. - 2024:AHC:135430
Court No. - 87
Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 7186 of 2024
Petitioner :- Digvijai Singh Respondent :- Asharaf Ali And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Ved Byas Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Ms. Nand Prabha Shukla,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.
This petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India has been filed to direct the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gorakhpur to decide the Criminal Case No. 3751 of 2018 (State Vs. Asharaf Ali and others) arising out of Case Crime No. 0317 of 2018, under Sections 406, 504, 506 IPC, Police Station-Cantt., Gorakhpur within prescribed time as may be fixed by this Hon'ble Court.
Expeditious disposal of a case is the right of every litigant and it is expected from every Court to endeavour to dispose of a case pending before it, expeditiously.
Learned counsel for the respondents has no objection in this regard.
Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and submission made by learned counsel for the petitioner, it is expedient to direct the court concerned to make its endeavour to decide the aforesaid case as expeditiously as possible without granting any unnecessary or long adjournments to either of the parties, if there is no other legal impediment.
With the aforesaid directions, the petition is disposed of.
Order Date :- 22.8.2024 Shivani
Digitally signed by :- SHIVANI SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the trial court could be directed to decide the pending criminal case within a fixed time frame?
4 provisions across 2 enactments
Digvijai Singh
Asharaf Ali
Another
Nand Prabha Shukla
As recorded by the court registry
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