Rajesh Vishwakarma Vs State of Up and 2 Others — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Rajesh Vishwakarma Vs State of Up and 2 Others — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Direction to the court concerned (Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate III, Gorakhpur) to decide Criminal Complaint Case No.1873 of 2006 as expeditiously as possible, without granting unnecessary or long adjournments to either party, from the date of production of a certified copy of the order, if there is no other legal impediment.

Issue for consideration

Whether the High Court should direct the court below (Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate III, Gorakhpur) to decide Criminal Complaint Case No.1873 of 2006 within a stipulated period of time.

Court's answer

Considering the facts and circumstances but expressly without expressing any opinion on the merits, the Court finally disposed of the Section 483 Cr.P.C. application with a direction to the court concerned to decide the criminal complaint case as expeditiously as possible.

Ratio / Principle

The expeditious-disposal direction is conditioned: no unnecessary or long adjournments are to be granted to either party; the timeline runs from the date of production of a certified copy of the order; and disposal is subject to there being no other legal impediment.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Allahabad High Court (Shekhar Kumar Yadav, J.), by order dated September 23, 2025, disposed of an Application U/S 483 Cr.P.C. (No. 779 of 2024) filed by Rajesh Vishwakarma through counsel Sanjay Kumar Pandey, seeking a direction for timely disposal of Criminal Complaint Case No.1873 of 2006 under Sections 323, 504, 506, 419, 420 IPC (Police Station Pipraich, District Gorakhpur), pending since 2006 before Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate III, Gorakhpur. Without expressing any opinion on the merits, the Court directed the court concerned to decide the complaint as expeditiously as possible, without granting any unnecessary or long adjournments to either party, from the date of production of a certified copy of the order, subject to there being no other legal impediment. No precedent was engaged; the order is purely procedural (expedite-trial direction).

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

APPLICATION U/S 483 No. - 779 of 2024

Rajesh Vishwakarma

.....Applicant(s)

Versus
State Of Up And 2 Others	.....Opposite Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) :	Sanjay Kumar Pandey
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) :	G.A.

Court No. - 83

HON'BLE SHEKHAR KUMAR YADAV, J.

Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A for the State as also perused the record.

This application under Section 483 Cr.P.C. has been filed seeking direction to the court below to decide the Criminal Complaint Case No.1873 of 2006, under Sections 323, 504, 506, 419, 420 IPC, Police Station Pipraich, District Gorakhpur pending before Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate III, Gorakhpur within a stipulated period of time.

Considering the facts and circumstances of the case but without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this application is finally disposed of with a direction to the court concerned to decide the aforesaid criminal complaint case as expeditiously as possible, without granting any unnecessary or long adjournments to either of the parties, from the date of production of a certified copy of this order, if there is no other legal impediment.

September 23, 2025

Ajeet

(Shekhar Kumar Yadav,J.)

Digitally signed by :- AJEET KUMAR PATEL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad