HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 483 No. - 1044 of 2025 Court No. - 16 HON'BLE BRIJ RAJ SINGH, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. The present application has been filed for getting a direction issued to opposite party no.1-Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kunda, District Pratapgarh, to decide the proceedings of Case No.286 of 2019 (Geetanjali vs. Subodh Pandey and others) filed under Section 12 of the Domestic Violence Act, within a time frame. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the proceedings under Section 12 of the Domestic Violence Act, is pending since 2019, whereas Section 12(5) of the said Act, provides that a case under the Domestic Violence Act, shall be decided within a period of sixty days. 4. In view of the aforesaid fact, the concerned court i.e. court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kunda, District Pratapgarh, is directed to adhere to the provisions of Section 12(5) of the Domestic Violence Act and accordingly take a Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Devendra Nath Upadhyay, Santosh Kumar Tripathi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Geetanjali .....Applicant(s) The Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate Kunda Distt. Pratapgarh And 4 Others .....Opposite Party(s) decision in the matter, expeditiously, in accordance with law, after affording opportunity of hearing to both the parties and without granting any unnecessary adjournments. 5. The application stands disposed of. December 9, 2025 Sachin A483 No. 1044 of 2025 2 (Brij Raj Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- SACHIN MEHROTRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- SACHIN MEHROTRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench