HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 529 BNSS No. - 5007 of 2026 Court No. - 82 HON'BLE JAI PRAKASH TIWARI, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A for the State as also perused the record. 2. This application under Section 529 BNSS has been filed seeking direction to the court concerned for early disposal of Criminal Case No. 33 of 2016 (State Vs. Hoar Swaroop and others), arising out of Case Crime No. 182 of 2014, under Sections- 8/20 NDPS Act, Police Station- Baradari, District- Bareilly, pending before the court of A.D.J.-III, Bareilly. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that in the present matter, after cognizance, charges were framed on 20.09.2014 but till date not even a single witness has been examined by the prosecution and considerable time has already been lapsed, therefore, it appears that the trial has remained pending for an inordinate period without any effective progress. 4. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the present application is finally disposed of with a direction to the court concerned to decide the aforesaid case in accordance with law, strictly in compliance with the provisions of Section 309 Cr.P.C./346 BNSS and the Rules for Video Conferencing for Courts in the State of Uttar Pradesh, 2020 (The learned trial court may, wherever permissible in law and subject to the availability of the requisite infrastructure, examine witnesses through video Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sunil Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Har Swaroop .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s) conferencing to facilitate the expeditious conclusion of the trial) as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of one year from the date of production of certified copy of this order, without granting any unnecessary or unduly long adjournments to either party, subject to there being no other legal impediment. October 7, 2026 KK Patel NA529 No. 5007 of 2026 2 (Jai Prakash Tiwari,J.) Digitally signed by :- KRISHN KANT PATEL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad