Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:53731 Court No. - 80 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 529 BNSS No. - 821 of 2025 Applicant :- Azad Singh Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Akhlendra Pratap Singh,Deleep Kumar Chaudhari Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Nalin Kumar Srivastava,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State are present. 2. This application under Section 529 BNSS has been filed with a prayer to direct the court concerned to expedite the Case Crime No.161 of 2012, under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 I.P.C. (State Vs. Azad Singh), Police Station Kavi Nagar, District Ghaziabad, pending in the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No.5, Ghaziabad expeditiously within a stipulated period. 3. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the applicant that the present case relates to the year 2012 and the applicant is the accused in this case. 4. I have considered the submissions and perused the entire record. 5. It reveals from the perusal of the lower court record that the matter is pending at the stage of evidence but no effective order are being passed by the learned trial court for the production of the witnesses and the case is lingering on unnecessarily. 6. In the circumstances, the Court concerned is directed to invoke the powers given to it under law to record the evidence of the prosecution witnesses before the court within one year from the date of production of certified copy of this order before it and thereafter all endeavours shall be made by it for expeditious disposal of the case as expeditiously as possible, if there is no legal impediment. 7. It is also made clear that the Court/ Presiding Officer is not the only stake holder of the trial and disposal of a case, hence, besides the P.O. concerned, all the stake holders i.e. police and execution authorities, advocates, 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 :- 11.4.2025 Shivangi Digitally signed by :- SHIVANGI YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad