HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 529 BNSS No. - 4979 of 2026 Court No. - 82 HON'BLE JAI PRAKASH TIWARI, J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A for the State as also perused the record. This application under Section 529 BNSS has been filed seeking direction to the court concerned to decide the Sessions Case No. 564 of 2021 (State of U.P. vs. Meharban Singh), under Sections 376, 420, 506 IPC, Police Station Prem Nagar, District Jhansi (Case Crime No. 437 of 2020), pending before the court of learned Additional District Judge, Court no. 3, Jhansi, within stipulated period. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is the informant in the present case. It is submitted that the statement of PW-3 was recorded on 25.04.2026, and thereafter, no further witness has been examined. It is further submitted that, till date, only formal witnesses have been examined and the trial of the aforesaid case is still pending. Thus, it is submitted that the trial has remained pending for an inordinate period without any effective progress. Looking to the aforesaid facts and circumstances, it is directed that the trial pending before the learned court concerned shall be concluded expeditiously, preferably within a period of one year from the date of production of a certified copy of this order, in accordance with law and keeping in view the provisions of Section 309 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, corresponding to Section 346 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, without granting unnecessary or prolonged Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Harish Chandra Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Nida Khatoon .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s) adjournments to either of the parties, unless such adjournment is warranted by sufficient cause or there exists any other legal impediment. It is further observed that, having regard to the Rules for Video Conferencing for Courts in the State of Uttar Pradesh, 2020, framed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, the learned trial court may, wherever permissible in law and subject to the availability of necessary infrastructure, examine the witnesses through video conferencing, so as to facilitate expeditious conclusion of the trial. In view of the above directions, the application is finally disposed of. October 7, 2026 Brijesh NA529 No. 4979 of 2026 2 (Jai Prakash Tiwari,J.) Digitally signed by :- BRIJESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad