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2025 DAILYLAW 138477 (ALL)

KAVITA DEVI v. STATE OF THRU. ITS PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO. AND 5 OTHERS

A483/382/2025 · 2025-05-12

Alok Mathur

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:27969 Court No. - 12 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 483 No. - 382 of 2025 Applicant :- Kavita Devi Opposite Party :- State Of Thru. Its Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And 5 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Ruchi Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material available on record. 2. In view of the proposed order notice to private respondents is dispensed with. 3. By means of the present application under Section 529 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (483 Cr.P.C.) a prayer has been made for expeditious disposal of Criminal Complaint Case No. 110 of 2018 (Kavita Vs. Rajesh Kumar and others) under Section 12 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Police Station Hathigawan, District Pratapgarh pending since 05.03.2018 before the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kunda, Pratapgarh. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that grievance of the applicant would be sufficiently met in case learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kunda Pratapgarh, considers and decides the aforesaid case in the time bound manner. 5. Learned A.G.A. has no objection to the innocuous prayer made by the applicants. 6. In this regard, it is noteworthy, that this Court on administrative side has already issued directions to the Courts below to obtain zero pendency of cases which are more than five years old. In view of directions already issued on administrative side, this Court is not inclined to pass any further order on judicial side. Hence, the prayer is rejected. 7. However, liberty is given to the applicant to move appropriate application detailing urgency for expeditiously disposal of the aforesaid case before the trial Court. In case, such application is moved within two weeks from today the trial Court shall consider and decide the same expeditiously, say, within three weeks thereafter. In case, the trial Court is prima facie satisfied that a case for urgency is made out it shall pass suitable orders thereon. 8. With aforesaid observation and direction the application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. stands disposed of. , (Alok Mathur, J.) Order Date :- 12.5.2025 Virendra Digitally signed by :- VIRENDRA KUMAR GUPTA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench