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2025 DAILYLAW 149750 (ALL)

SMT. SWATI SINGH v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. DEPTT. OF HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER

A483/523/2025 · 2025-07-10

Subhash Vidyarthi

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:39528 Court No. - 15 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 483 No. - 523 of 2025 Applicant :- Smt. Swati Singh Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Anurag Shukla,Preeti Shukla (Tiwari) Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J. 1. Heard Ms. Vibha Yadav, Advocate, holding brief of Sri Anurag Shukla, the learned counsel for the applicant, as well as Sri Manish Kumar Pandey, the learned AGA for the State, and perused the record. 2. Keeping in view nature of the relief sought and the order proposed to be passed, issuance of notice to opposite party no. 2 is dispensed with. 3. The present application under Section 482 CrPC/Section 528 BNSS has been filed seeking issuance of a direction to the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, District Lucknow for expeditious disposal of Criminal Case No.70919 of 2023 (State of U.P. Vs. Swati Singh), arising out of Case Crime No.0115 of 2023, under Sections 409, 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B IPC lodged at Police Station Gomti Nagar, District Lucknow. 4. The applicant is an accused in the aforesaid case which has been filed alleging that the applicant was working as Senior Manager in the Indian Bank and she committed various illegalities in the branch. 5. The learned counsel for the applicant has drawn attention of this Court towards the order-sheet of the trial Court annexed with the application which shows that the applicant has been attending all the dates fixed by the trial Court. The dates have been adjourned repetitively, without assigning any reason. 6. Expeditious disposal of the trial is essential for proper and meaningful administration of justice and it is a fundamental right of an accused person. When the order-sheet shows that the applicant has been diligently attending the proceeding of the trial, she should not be made to suffer by the delay in conclusion of the trial for no fault of her. 7. Accordingly, the instant application is disposed of by issuing a direction to the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, District Lucknow to dispose of Criminal Case No.70919 of 2023 (State of U.P. Vs. Swati Singh), arising out of Case Crime No.0115 of 2023, under Sections 409, 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B IPC lodged at Police Station Gomti Nagar, District Lucknow expeditiously, without granting any unnecessary adjournment to any of the parties. Order Date :- 10.7.2025 MVS/- Digitally signed by :- MANOJ VIKRAM SINGH CHAUHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench