Allahabad High Court
TEJPAL SINGHversusSTATE OF U.P.
- Decided
- Bench
- SANJAY KUMAR PACHORI
Holding
The High Court held that, under Section 529, it may direct the Sessions Judge to decide the pending trial as expeditiously as possible without unnecessary adjournments.
Summary
The applicant, Tejpal Singh, filed an application under Section 529 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking a direction to the Sessions Judge, Baghpat, to dispose of Session Trial No. 1477 of 2024 (arising out of Crime No. 563 of 2024 under IPC sections 147, 148, 149, 452, 427, 504, 307) without further delay. The High Court noted that the trial had been pending since 2024 with no substantive hearing on the merits. Relying on the statutory power conferred by Section 529, the Court ordered the Sessions Judge to decide the case expeditiously and to avoid unnecessary adjournments, provided no other legal impediment exists. No merits of the criminal case were examined. The application was consequently disposed of with the said direction. The order was pronounced by Justice Sanjay Kumar Pachori on 16 September 2026.
Issues considered
- Whether Section 529 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 empowers the High Court to direct a Sessions Judge to expedite a pending trial?
Legislation cited
- Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — s. 529
- Indian Penal Code — s. 147, 148, 149, 307, 427, 452, 504
Subjects
- Section 529
- Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita
- delay in trial
- expedited trial
- adjournment
- Sessions Court
- IPC offences
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
APPLICATION U/S 529 BNSS No. - 4670 of 2026
Tejpal Singh
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
State of U.P.
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Pramod Shukla
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A.
Court No. - 77
HON'BLE SANJAY KUMAR PACHORI, J.
Heard Shri Pramod Shukla, 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 Sessions Judge, Baghpat to decide the Session Trial No.
1477 of 2024, arising out of Case Crime No.563 of 2024, under Sections
147, 148, 149, 452, 427, 504, 307 of IPC, Police Station Baghpat, District
Baghpat, within stipulated period.
Considering the fact that the case is pending since 2024 without
expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this application is finally
disposed of with a direction to the Sessions Judge, Baghpat to decide the
aforesaid case in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible,
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.
(Sanjay Kumar Pachori,J.)
September 16, 2026
KJ
Digitally signed by :-
KAMARJAHAN ANSARI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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