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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:29384 Court No. - 82 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 529 BNSS No. - 370 of 2025 Applicant :- Anil Singh Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Pradeep Kumar Rai Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Nalin Kumar Srivastava,J.
1. This application under Section 483 Cr.P.C. has been filed with a prayer to direct the court concerned to conclude the S.S.T. No.159 of 2023, arising out of case crime no. 125 of 2022, under Sections 363, 366, 376 IPC and 5J (ii) 6 of POCSO Act, Police Station Rewatipur, District- Ghazipur pending in the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge/ Special Judge POCSO Act,Ghazipur expeditiously within a stipulated period. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. for the State. 3. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the applicant that in the instant matter FIR was lodged in the year 2022 and cognizance was taken on 27.2.2023, since then only witnesses of facts have been examined and the case is lingering on at the stage of recording of statement of formal witnesses. The applicant is the informant of this case. The trial court is not taking any interest for disposal of the case. 4. I have considered the submissions and perused the entire record. 5. It appears from the perusal of the record that this matter pertains to POCSO Act but the trial court is not taking required interest in disposal of the case which requires speedy trial being a case under POCSO Act. 6. In the circumstances, the trial court is directed to make all possible efforts and to use its power attributed to it by law to procure the presence of prosecution witnesses and if possible their deposition may be recorded online. The trial court is directed further to make all possible endeavours to dispose of the case under reference as expeditiously as possible without granting any
unnecessary or long adjournments to either of the parties preferably within a period of six months from the date of production of certified copy of this order before it, if there is no other legal impediment. 7.
It is also made clear that the Court / Presiding Officer is not the only stake holder in the trial and disposal of a case, hence, besides the P.O. concerned, all the stake holders i.e. police and executive authorities, counsels, parties to the case, staff etc. are also made bound by this order and it will be their responsibility also to assist the Court in every manner for the expeditious disposal of this case. 8. With the above observations, the application stands disposed of. Order Date :- 3.3.2025 Fhd Digitally signed by :- FAHAD NIYAZ High Court of Judicature at Allahabad