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Arvind Singh v. State of U.P.

Allahabad HC2 Apr 2025NA529/653/2025

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What is this about?

Section 529 BNSS application; expeditious disposal of criminal case; direction to trial court to ensure appearance of accused within two months; no adjournment or exemption to be normally granted; all stakeholders bound to assist speedy trial; Case No. 286 of 2023; Sections 419, 420, 504, 506 IPC; P.S. Shankargarh, Prayagraj; ACJM Court No. 18, Allahabad; Allahabad High Court; decided 3.4.2025.

What did the court decide?

Directions issued to the Court concerned to ensure appearance of the accused persons within two months of production of a certified copy of the order, to refrain from granting adjournments or exemptions normally, and to expedite disposal of Case No. 286 of 2023; with these observations the application stands disposed of. ¶11

Arvind Singh Vs State of U.P. — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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Issue for consideration

Whether the Court concerned should be directed to decide Case No. 286 of 2023 (State vs. Satyendra Singh and others) under Sections 419, 420, 504, 506 IPC, pending before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No. 18, Allahabad, expeditiously within a stipulated period.

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Court's answer

The Court concerned is directed to make all possible endeavours and effective steps to ensure the appearance of the accused persons before the court within a period of two months from the date of production of a certified copy of the order.

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Ratio / Principle

On the date fixed by the trial court the accused persons shall appear before the Court, and no adjournment or exemption from appearance will normally be granted to them on any ground whatsoever; thereafter the court shall make all endeavours for expeditious disposal of the case if there is no legal impediment.

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Key takeaways

Besides the Presiding Officer, all other stakeholders in the trial (police and executive authorities, counsels, parties to the case and staff) are made bound by the order to assist the Court in every manner for the expeditious disposal of the case.ratio¶10

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Allahabad High Court (Nalin Kumar Srivastava, J.), Application U/S 529 BNSS No. 653 of 2025, decided 3.4.2025 — Filed by the complainant seeking expeditious disposal of Case No. 286 of 2023 (State vs. Satyendra Singh and others) under Sections 419, 420, 504, 506 IPC, P.S. Shankargarh, District Prayagraj, pending before the Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No. 18, Allahabad, where a summoning order dated 23.2.2023 had been passed but only dates were being fixed for the accuseds' appearance. The Court directed the court concerned to take all possible endeavours and effective steps to secure the appearance of the accused persons within two months of production of a certified copy of the order, directed that no adjournment or exemption from appearance be normally granted on any ground, and declared that besides the Presiding Officer all stakeholders (police and executive authorities, counsels, parties and staff) are bound to assist the Court for expeditious disposal. Application disposed of accordingly.

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:48121

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Court No. - 80

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Case :- APPLICATION U/S 529 BNSS No. - 653 of 2025

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Applicant :- Arvind Singh Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Santosh Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.

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Hon'ble Nalin Kumar Srivastava,J.

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This application under Section 529 BNSS has been filed with a prayer to direct the court concerned to decide the Case No.286 of 2023 (State Vs. Satyendra Singh and others) under Sections 419, 420, 504, 506 IPC, Police Station Shankargarh, District Prayagraj pending in the Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No.18, Allahabad, expeditiously within a stipulated period.

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Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. for the State.

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It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the applicant that the applicant is the complainant in this case. Summoning order was passed on 23.2.2023 and since then the matter is pending at the stage of appearance of the accused persons. Only dates are being fixed for appearance.Therefore, prayer has been made to decide the aforesaid case expeditiously.

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In the circumstances, the Court concerned is directed to make all possible endeavours and effective steps to ensure the appearance of the accused persons before the court within a period of two months from the date of production of certified copy of this order. It is also directed that on the date fixed by the trial court the accused persons shall appear before the Court and no adjournment or exemption for appearance will normally be granted to them on any ground whatsoever and thereafter all endeavours shall be made by the court concerned for the expeditious disposal of the aforesaid case, as described above, if there is no legal impediment.

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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 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.

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With the above observations, the application stands disposed of.

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Order Date :- 3.4.2025 / ss

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Digitally signed by :- SANDEEP SHARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad

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