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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:105724 Court No. - 83 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 529 BNSS No. - 1964 of 2025 Applicant :- Dhaniram Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Afzal Parvej,Arif Ikbal Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Nalin Kumar Srivastava,J.
1. This application under Section 529 Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (hereinafter referred to as B.N.S.S.) has been filed with a prayer to direct the learned trial court to decide Case No. 788 of 2022 (Dhaniram Vs. Sukhveer Singh), under Section 138 N.I. Act, Police Station Kotwali, District Etawah, pending before the court of A.C.J.M.-II, Etawah, 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 the applicant before this Court is complainant. It is further submitted that summoning order was passed in the year 2023. Although the accused has appeared in the court and his statement was also recorded but now the matter is pending at the stage of cross- examination of the applicant.
4. Learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer.
5. I have considered the submissions and perused the record.
6. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the learned trial court is directed to complete the cross-examination of PW-1 applicant as early as possible and to make all the endeavours for expeditious disposal of the aforesaid case within stipulated period provided under N.I. Act, without granting any unnecessary adjournment to either of the parties and keeping in view the heavy workload in the said court, if there is no 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 execution authorities, advocates, parties to the case, staff 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 :- 7.7.2025 Rmk. Digitally signed by :- RAM MURTI KUSHWAHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad