This criminal appeal challenged a summoning order under SC/ST Act and IPC. The High Court disposed of the appeal by directing the trial court to expedite trial within 12 months and barring coercive action against appellants until case disposal.
Expeditious disposal ordered within 12 months; no coercive action until trial concludes.
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Neutral Citation No. - 2024:AHC:142541
Court No. - 83
Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 3093 of 2024
Appellant :- Priti And 2 Others Respondent :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Appellant :- Ravindra Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- Anil Kumar Sharma,G.A.,Mitul Kumar Sharma,Satish Kumar Mishra,Shesh Narayan Dwivedi
Hon'ble Saurabh Srivastava,J.
rejoinder affidavit by the parties and as such, learned court concerned is hereby directed to expedite and finalize the proceedings of Complaint Case No. 175 of 2020, under Section 364 IPC and Section 3(2)(v) of SC/ST Act, P.S. Ghoorpur, District Prayagraj, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of 12 months from the date of presentation of a certified copy of this order before him without granting any unnecessary adjournment to either of the parties.
Order Date :- 3.9.2024 #Vik/-
Digitally signed by :- VIKRAM GUPTA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the High Court should expedite proceedings in a complaint case under the SC/ST Act and IPC.
Whether coercive action against appellants can be stayed during disposal of the impugned complaint case.
2 provisions across 2 enactments
Priti And 2 Others
State of U.P.
Saurabh Srivastava
Vikram Gupta
As recorded by the court registry
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