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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:84574 Court No. - 80 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 529 BNSS No. - 1377 of 2025 Applicant :- Smt Shikha Rana And Another Opposite Party :- Rakesh Rana Counsel for Applicant :- Parth Goswami,Pranjal Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Nalin Kumar Srivastava,J.
1. This application under Section 529 BNSS has been filed on behalf of the applicant to direct the Principal Judge, Family Court, Ghaziabad, to proceed on day to basis in the Maintenance Case No. 347 of 2023, under Section 125 Cr.P.C., (Smt. Shikha Rana and other vs. Rakesh Rana), and conclude the same within a time bound period.
2. Heard learned counsel for the applicants as well as learned A.G.A. for the State.
3. The applicant before this Court is the aggrieved wife and a prayer has been made for expeditious disposal of the aforementioned case.
4. It is submitted that the said case is pending since the year 2023. The opposite party no. 2/husband has appeared before the trial court but he is not cooperating with the trial, which is causing unnecessary delay in the disposal of the said case.
5. Learned AGA opposed the prayer.
6. I have considered the submissions and perused the record.
7. Since the matter pertains to Section 125 Cr.P.C. and applicant no. 1 is the aggrieved wife, who is also having a minor child, the trial court is expected to pay attention to the poor condition of the applicants. Further it is directed to the trial court to make all possible efforts to expedite the matter and to decide the same without granting any unnecessary adjournment to either of the parties and to decide it preferably within a period of one year, from today, if there is no other legal impediment.
8. 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.
9. With the above observations, the application stands disposed of. Order Date :- 20.5.2025 Saurabh Digitally signed by :- SAURABH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad