NA529/4888/2026 of MUKESH KUMAR AND 2 OTHERS Vs STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER on 8 October 2026

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 529 BNSS No. - 4888 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 old Case No. 464 of 2017 (new Case No. 6247 of 2022) (State vs. Mukesh and others), arising out of Case Crime No. 443 of 2016, under Section 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station Mahila Thana, District Ghaziabad, pending before the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No. 2, Ghaziabad, within stipulated period. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that cognizance upon the charge sheet has been taken on 03.04.2017 against the applicants under the said section. Learned court concerned has fixed several dates, but the case has not been decided till today and the case is on the stage of evidence. Only formal witness has been examined. Learned counsel for the applicant, therefore, submits that, considering the considerable period for which the proceedings have remained pending, a suitable direction may be issued to the court concerned for expeditious disposal of the aforesaid case. Looking to the aforesaid circumstances, it is directed that trial pending before the concerned court be concluded expeditiously, as early as possible, preferably within one year, from the date of filing of certified copy of this order, in accordance with the provisions of Section 309 of the Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Jitendra Singh, Vikesh Kumar Tiwari Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Mukesh Kumar And 2 Others .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s)

CrPC (Power to postpone or adjourn proceedings) corresponds to 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. Application is disposed of. October 9, 2026 Brijesh NA529 No. 4888 of 2026 2 (Jai Prakash Tiwari,J.) Digitally signed by :- BRIJESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad