HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 529 BNSS No. - 4220 of 2026 Court No. - 78 HON'BLE DR. AJAY KUMAR-II, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for State and perused material on record. 2. At the very outset, this Court pointed out that the applicant is a rape victim and therefore, her identity is not to be disclosed. There is specific provisions under Section 72 of BNS whereby disclosure of the identity of a rape victim is made a punishable offence. At this stage learned counsel for applicant sought permission to amend cause title of this application. Therefore, learned counsel for applicant is directed to make necessary correction in cause title regarding name and address of victim, during the course of day. Registrar (Computer) of this Court is directed to mask name of victim/applicant as "XYZ" in the case title of this case in the computer records before uploading this order. It is also directed that name of applicant be also masked while issuing any certified copy of this order. 3. The present application has been filed by the applicant with prayer to direct the learned trial Court to decide/expedite the Sessions Trial No. 1290 of 2025 (State vs. Neeshu) arising out of Case Crime No. 182 of 2025, under Sections 333, 351(2), 64(1) BNS, P.S. Khatauli, District Muzaffar Nagar, pending before Additional District Judge, Court No. 1, Muzaffar Nagar within stipulated period. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the proceedings before the trial Court concerned be directed to be concluded in a time bound manner. It is submitted by learned counsel for the applicant that matter belongs to the year 2025, which is still pending and has not been decided Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ravindra Kumar Yadav, Sandeep Kumar Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. 'XYZ' .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s) till now. Therefore, he requested that a direction to learned trial Court be issued to decide the aforesaid case within a stipulated period of time. 5. Learned A.G.A. has no objection in this regard if the Court below is not already overloaded with huge pendency of such cases. 6. Hon’ble Apex Court in Shaikh Uzma Feroz Hussain vs. State of Maharashtra in Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 587 of 2023 has observed that every High Court and every Court in the country has a huge pendency, the constitutional Court should avoid temptation of fixing a time bound schedule for disposal of any case before any Court unless the situation is extra ordinary. 7. Hon’ble Apex Court in High Court Bar Association, Allahabad vs. State of U.P. and others, (2024) 6 SCC 267 has observed in paragraph 42, which is reproduced as under:- “Constitutional Courts should not normally fix a time-bound schedule for disposal of cases pending in any Court. The pattern of pendency of various categories of cases pending in every Court, including High Courts, is different. The situation at the grassroots level is better known to the judges of the concerned Courts. Therefore, the issue of giving out-of- turn priority to certain cases should be best left to the concerned Courts. The orders fixing the outer limit for the disposal of cases should be passed only in exceptional circumstances to meet extraordinary situations.” 8. Thus, law as far as issuance of a direction for time bound/expeditious disposal has already been well settled that only when an exceptional circumstance is made out, a direction for time-bound/ expeditious disposal of such a case can be issued, not otherwise. 9. Learned counsel for the applicant has failed to make out any exceptional circumstances to issue direction for time-bound/expeditious disposal of case, at this stage. Accordingly, relief sought by way of present application is hereby refused. 10. Considering the nature of prayer made by counsel for the applicant, the interest of justice would be served, in the event, the applicant applies before the court concerned for expeditious disposal of the above mentioned case. Therefore, applicant is given a liberty to move an appropriate application before trial Court concerned for bringing out all such fact, which are necessary for expeditious disposal of his case within two weeks from today, and in case such an application is moved, the trial Court shall decide the same within four weeks from the date of filing of such application. If trial Court comes to conclusion that the case for NA529 No. 4220 of 2026 2 expeditious disposal is made out then in that eventuality it shall decide the same as expeditiously as possible within a reasonable period. 11. This Court would like to draw attention of Court concerned that application of accused- opposite party no. 2 declaring him to be a juvenile on the date of incident is pending disposal since 2.2.2025. Sufficient time has already been taken by the Court concerned to decide the aforesaid application and it is expected from the Court concerned to decide the aforesaid application as expeditiously as possible by fixing short dates without giving any unnecessary adjournments to either of the parties, because, it is only after the decision of aforesaid application that trial will proceed. 12. It is also provided that in the event there is any legal impediment before the court concerned in disposal of the case, then the court concerned shall pass an appropriate order disclosing the legal impediment as to why the proceedings of the above mentioned case cannot be proceeded with. 13. Accordingly, the present application is disposed of with aforesaid direction. September 11, 2026 Dhirendra/ NA529 No. 4220 of 2026 3 (Dr. Ajay Kumar-II,J.) Digitally signed by :- DHIRENDRA KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad