CRL.M.C. 4579/2026 $~91 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 4579/2026 & CRL.M.A. 19043/2026 MERVYN MICHAEL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. RPS Bhati, Advocate. versus THE STATE (GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Hitesh Vali, APP with SI Avaneesh Kumar, P.S. Krishna Nagar. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN O R D E R % 06.07.2026 1. The petitioner is one of the accused persons in FIR No. 42/2015 dated 12.01.2015, registered at the instance of his wife, at Police Station Krishan Nagar, District East, Delhi, under Sections 498A/406/313/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. 2. He has filed this petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking directions for expedition of the trial pending before the Sessions Court [SC No. 547/2017: State v. Mervyn Michael and Others]. 3. Mr. Hitesh Vali, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State, states that out of 14 witnesses, five have been examined, who are all material witnesses, and four material witnesses remain to be examined. 4. Upon hearing, Mr. R.P.S. Bhati, learned counsel for the petitioner, This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 08/07/2026 at 11:48:20 CRL.M.C. 4579/2026 and Mr. Vali, and having regard to the fact that the FIR is of the year 2015, the petitioner is permitted to make this request before the Sessions Court. The Sessions Court is requested to consider the same, having regard to its Board, and the age of the matters pending before it. 5. The petition, alongwith pending application, is disposed of in terms of the above. PRATEEK JALAN, J JULY 6, 2026 ‘B/KA’/ This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 08/07/2026 at 11:48:20