HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 529 BNSS No. - 4910 of 2026 Court No. - 77 HON'BLE SANJAY KUMAR PACHORI, J. Heard Shri Manoj Kumar, learned counsel for the applicant, Shri A.K. Rai, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused material on record. The present application under Section 529 of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 has been filed by the applicant with a prayer to issue a direction to the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sonbhadra to decide the discharge application dated 16.12.2025, which is pending in Criminal Case No. 7586 of 2024, arising out of case crime No. 269 of 2023, under Section 3, 5(1) of Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, Police Station Chopan, District Sonbhadra within stipulated period. Considering the fact that the case is pending since 2023, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this application is finally disposed of with a direction to the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sonbhadra to decide the aforesaid case in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of one month, after production of certified copy of the order, without granting any unnecessary or long adjournments to either of the parties, if there is no other legal impediment. With the aforesaid directions, the application stands disposed of finally. September 17, 2026 T. Sinha Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Manoj Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. (Sanjay Kumar Pachori,J.) Ajay Kumar And 8 Others .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s) Digitally signed by :- TRIPTI SINHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad