Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:6514 Court No. - 74 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 44895 of 2024 Applicant :- Shamshullah Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Mohammad Zafar Yab Khan,Saukat Jamal Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Dinesh Pathak,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and the learned A.G.A. 2. The applicant has invoked the inherent jurisdiction of this Court under Section 482 Cr.P.C. beseeching expeditious disposal of Criminal Case No.673 of 2019 (State vs. Ajay Kumar Singh alias Jhinku) under Sections 406, 504, 506 I.P.C., Police Station Trilokpur, District Siddharth Nagar. 3. It is submitted that the present applicant has lodged an F.I.R. dated 11.05.2017 wherein charge-sheet has been filed on 03.06.2019. Charges were framed on 15.11.2022. It is submitted that out of fifteen prosecution witnesses, only two have been examined. It is lastly submitted that pendency of criminal proceeding encompass prejudice and oppression to the present applicant. 4. Learned A.G.A. has no objection, if a direction is issued to the authority concerned to decide the aforesaid matter at the earliest. 5. In this conspectus as above, no useful purpose would be served to keep this matter pending. Therefore, this court deems it appropriate to finally dispose of the present application, without making any observation on the merits of the case, as mentioned in the instant application, with a direction to the court concerned to decide the aforesaid application strictly in accordance with law, by means of a reasoned and speaking order, after affording opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned and without granting any unnecessary adjournments to either of the parties, as early as possible. 6. With the aforesaid direction, this application is finally disposed of. Order Date :- 15.1.2025 VR Digitally signed by :- VIBHA RATAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad