Amarnath v. State of U.P. Thru. Its Secy. Deptt. of Home and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Adjournment cost challenged as excessive; cost of Rs. 5,000/- imposed by trial court on granting adjournment; defence counsel absence due to illness; PW-1 un-cross-examined on four dates; Sessions Trial No. 1494/2022 (State of U.P. vs. Amarnath and others); Case Crime No. 201/2022; Sections 323, 504, 307, 302, 324, 34 IPC; P.S. Kadipur, District Sultanpur; Additional Sessions Judge, Sultanpur; liberty to seek reduction of cost before trial court; disposal as per law expeditiously; single-judge bench (Saurabh Lavania, J.; Court No. 12); Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench; decided 17.01.2025; Neutral Citation 2025:AHC-LKO:3024; digitally signed ARUN KUMAR GANGWAR.
What did the court decide?
Liberty given to the applicant to move the trial court for reduction of the cost of Rs. 5,000/- imposed on 19.10.2024; that application to be considered and disposed of as per law, expeditiously.