NEERAJ v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER
A483/225/2025 · 2025-03-12
body2025
DailyLaw.ai
[ 2025 DAILYLAW 128139 (ALL) · dailylaw.ai ]
DailyLaw.ai
[ 2025 DAILYLAW 128139 (ALL) · dailylaw.ai ]
Judgment text
Extracted from the PDF above. The PDF is authoritative.
Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:15404 Court No. - 12 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 483 No. - 225 of 2025 Applicant :- Neeraj Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Vaibhav Prakash Jaiswal,Piyush Pathak,Vinay Kumar Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned Government Advocate for the State of U.P. and perused the record. The instant application has been preferred for the following main relief:-
"(i) Issue an order or direction commanding the learned Civil Judge Pratham, Sultanpur, to decide the criminal case no. 835 of 2024 (State vs Pankaj) of F.I.R No. 0021 of 2024 lodged U/s 498-A, 323, 506 of IPC & 3/4 of D.P.Act, at PS Munshiganj, District Amethi which is pending still pending expeditiously within a period of one year if possible or stipulated time period as fixed by this Hon'ble Court." Considering the facts and circumstances of the case indicated in the application including the period of pendency of the case in issue, the present application is
disposed of with a direction to the Court concerned to make all endeavour for concluding the proceedings of the case in issue, expeditiously, as according to various pronouncements of the Hon'ble Apex Court including the judgment(s) passed in the case of Maneka Gandhi Versus Union of India and Another (1978) 1 SCC 248, Hussainara Khatoon Versus Home Secretary, State of Bihar (1980) 1 SCC 81, Kadra Pahadiya and Others Versus State of Bihar (1981) 3 SCC 671, the right to speedy trial/disposal of the case is implicit under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. With the aforesaid, the instant application is disposed of.
Order Date :- 12.3.2025 Arun/- Digitally signed by :- ARUN KUMAR GANGWAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench