Ram Narayan Upadhyay Vs State of U.P. and 4 Others — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Ram Narayan Upadhyay Vs State of U.P. and 4 Others — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Direction to the Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division), 10, N.C., Jaunpur to decide Complaint Case No. 2375 of 2011 (Ram Narayan Vs. Ayodhya) expeditiously, preferably within six months from the date of production of certified copy of the order, without unnecessary adjournments to either party, if there is no legal impediment; all stake holders bound to assist.

Issue for consideration

Whether the learned trial court should be directed to decide Complaint Case No. 2375 of 2011 (Ram Narayan Vs. Ayodhya), pending since the 1995 summoning order, expeditiously within a stipulated period.

Ratio / Principle

The learned trial court is directed to make all endeavours to decide Complaint Case No. 2375 of 2011 (Ram Narayan Vs. Ayodhya), under Sections 323, 504, 506 I.P.C., Police Station Sarpataha, District Jaunpur, pending in the court of Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division), 10, N.C., Jaunpur, expeditiously.

Key takeaways

The trial court is to decide the complaint case preferably within a period of six months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order, without granting unnecessary adjournment to either of the parties, if there is no legal impediment.ratio¶11
Besides the Presiding Officer, all stake holders i.e. police and execution authorities, advocates, parties to the case and staff are made bound by the order, and it is their responsibility also to assist the Court in every manner for the expeditious disposal of the case.ratio¶12

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Allahabad High Court (Court No. 80), Hon'ble Nalin Kumar Srivastava, J. — Application u/S 529 BNSS No. 860 of 2025 by complainant Ram Narayan Upadhyay (counsel Devendra Kumar Tiwari) seeking a direction to the trial court for expeditious disposal of Complaint Case No. 2375 of 2011 (Ram Narayan Vs. Ayodhya), under Sections 323, 504, 506 I.P.C., Police Station Sarpataha, District Jaunpur, pending before the Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division), 10, N.C., Jaunpur. It was submitted that the summoning order was passed in 1995 and the matter is pending since then, and that no stay order has been passed by the High Court. Directing expedition, the Court ordered the trial court to make all endeavours to decide the complaint case expeditiously and preferably within six months from the date of production of a certified copy of the order, without granting unnecessary adjournments to either party, if there is no legal impediment; besides the Presiding Officer, all stake holders (police, execution authorities, advocates, parties and staff) were made bound by the order to assist the Court. The application stood disposed of. Order dated 16.4.2025; Neutral Citation 2025:AHC:56519.

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:56519

Court No. - 80

Case :- APPLICATION U/S 529 BNSS No. - 860 of 2025

Applicant :- Ram Narayan Upadhyay Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Devendra Kumar Tiwari Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.

Hon'ble Nalin Kumar Srivastava,J.

This application under Section 529 Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (hereinafter referred to as B.N.S.S.) has been filed with a prayer to direct the learned trial court to decide the Complaint Case No. 2375 of 2011 (Ram Narayan Vs. Ayodhya), under Sections 323, 504, 506 I.P.C., Police Station Sarpataha, District Jaunpur, pending in the court of Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division), 10, N.C., Jaunpur, expeditiously within a stipulated period.

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

It is submitted by the learned counsel for the applicant that the applicant before this Court is complainant and opposite party nos. 2 to 5 are accused persons. It is further submitted that in this case summoning order was passed in the year 1995 and since then matter is pending. It was brought to the notice of the Court that no stay order has been passed by this Court in this matter.

Learned AGA opposed the prayer.

I have considered the submissions and perused the record.

In the facts and circumstances of the case, the learned trial court is directed to make all the endeavours to decide the Complaint Case No. 2375 of 2011 (Ram Narayan Vs. Ayodhya), under Sections 323, 504, 506 I.P.C., Police Station Sarpataha, District Jaunpur, pending in the court of Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division), 10, N.C., Jaunpur expeditiously and preferably within a period of six months from the date of production of certified copy of this order without granting unnecessary adjournment to either of the parties, if there is no legal impediment.

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 execution authorities, advocates, 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.

With the above observations, the application stands disposed of.

Order Date :- 16.4.2025 Rmk.

Digitally signed by :- RAM MURTI KUSHWAHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad