Application seeking direction for early disposal of a criminal case pending before Judicial Magistrate, Bajpur since cognizance in January 2020. High Court disposed of the application with a request to the trial court to decide the case within nine months.
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2025:UHC:7737
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Date | Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures |
COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS |
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| C528/396/2024 Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J |
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| 1. Mr. Pradeep Chamiyal, learned counsel for the applicant. |
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| 2. Mr. Dinesh Chauhan, learned A.G.A. for the State of Uttarakhand. 3. Applicant registered an FIR in Police Station, Kelekhara, District Udham Singh Nagar on 31.08.2019 against certain persons. Upon investigation, a charge- sheet was filed against respondent nos. 2 to 7 for offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 149, 323, 325, 504 & 506 IPC in the year 2020. 4. Learned Judicial Magistrate, Bajpur, District Udham Singh Nagar took cognizance in the matter and summoned the accused persons, vide order dated 23.01.2020. According to applicant, no progress has been made thereafter and the matter is still hanging in a balance. 5. By means of this application, filed under Section 528 of BNSS, applicant has sought a direction to the court concerned to decide Criminal Case No. 120 of 2020 (New No. 130 of 2022) as early as possible. |
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| 6. Having regard to the fact that learned Magistrate had taken cognizance against accused persons in the month of January 2020, C-528 application is disposed of with a request to court concerned to make endeavour to decide the aforesaid criminal case, within nine |
2025:UHC:7737
months from the date of production of
certified copy of this order.
(Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J)
01.09.2025
Aswal
NITI RAJ SINGH ASWAL Digitally signed by NITI RAJ SINGH ASWAL DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=eacc6757ee7881e933ff8934f07477005aa85f9802a3a08b08d1369512ea30f3, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=44EB54CBF00B7698CB6F10C2CE3D26F5C22DACF4F4610C1FE58A58531726FBB0, cn=NITI RAJ SINGH ASWAL Date: 2025.09.01 05:11:18 -07'00'
1 issue framed by the court
Should the Magistrate be directed to decide the pending criminal case arising from a 2020 cognizance expeditiously?
2 provisions across 2 enactments
Applicant (FIR informant, Criminal Case No. 120 of 2020)
State of Uttarakhand
Respondent no. 2
Respondent no. 3
Respondent no. 4
Respondent no. 5
Manoj Kumar Tiwari
As recorded by the court registry
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