HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 529 BNSS No. - 4985 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 Trial No. 522 of 2025 (State vs. Hashim), under Section 376 IPC, Police Station Alapur, District Budaun, arising out of Case Crime No. 024 of 2024, pending before the Additional District and Sessions Judge, FTC/CAW, Budaun, expeditiously within stipulated period. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the charge-sheet under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code has been submitted against the applicant on 08.06.2024, pursuant to which cognizance was taken by the learned court concerned. Thereafter, charges were framed against the applicant on 29.05.2025. It is further submitted that only two prosecution witnesses remain to be examined, however, despite the passage of considerable time, the trial has not yet concluded and is still pending. Looking to the aforesaid circumstances, it is directed that trial pending before the concerned court be concluded expeditiously, as early as possible, within a period of nine months, from the date of filing of certified copy of this order, in accordance with the provisions of Section 309 of the CrPC (Corresponding Section 346 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023), without granting any unnecessary or long adjournments to either of the parties, if there is no legal impediment. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Saquib Mukhtar, Yawar Mukhtar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Hashim Ali .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s) The application is disposed of. October 7, 2026 Brijesh NA529 No. 4985 of 2026 2 (Jai Prakash Tiwari,J.) Digitally signed by :- BRIJESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad