HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 529 BNSS No. - 4427 of 2026 Court No. - 82 HON'BLE JAI PRAKASH TIWARI, J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. for the State. This application under Section 529 BNSS has been filed to direct the court concerned to decide the Case No. 1297 of 2020 (Radhika Devi vs. Anand Kumar), under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, Police Station Sarnath, District Varanasi, expeditiously within a stipulated period. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the said case is pending since 20.01.2020 and more than six and half years have been passed. It is further submitted that as per Section 143 (2) (3) of the N.I. Act:- (2) The trial of a case under this section shall, so far as practicable, consistently with the interests of justice, be continued from day to day until its conclusion, unless the Court finds the adjournment of the trial beyond the following day to be necessary for reasons to be recorded in writing. (3)Every trial under this section shall be conducted as expeditiously as possible and an endeavour shall be made to conclude the trial within six months from the date of filing of the complaint. Considering the facts and circumstances of the present case, the court concerned is directed to make all endeavours to decide the aforesaid case Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Markande Singh Yadav, Munna Lal Maurya Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Radhika Devi .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s) as per Section 143 (2) & (3) of the Negotiable Instruments Act, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of nine months from the date of presentation of a certified copy of this order, after giving opportunity of hearing to both the parties, without giving any unnecessary adjournments to either parties, if there is no other legal impediment in deciding the aforesaid case. With the aforesaid observations, the instant application is finally disposed of. October 6, 2026 KK Patel NA529 No. 4427 of 2026 2 (Jai Prakash Tiwari,J.) Digitally signed by :- KRISHN KANT PATEL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad