X v. State Of NCT Of Delhi

$~96 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 580/2024 & CRL.M.A. 5306/2024 X ..... Petitioner Through:

Mr. Utkarsh Singh and Mr. Kartik Sharma, Advocates.

versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI ..... Respondent Through:

Mr. Amol Sinha, ASC (Crl.) for State with Mr. Kshitiz Garg, Advocate with SI Abhishek PS Rajouri Garden, New Delhi.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR OHRI

O R D E R

% 19.02.2024 1.

By way of present petition filed under Article 226/227 of Constitution of India read with Section 482 Cr.P.C., the petitioner seeks the following prayers:- "1. To complete the framing of charges against those Accused Persons whose names have already appeared in the investigation done by the I.O. before the Ld. Trial Court on 01/07/2021. That, this is because framing of charges is pending against such Accused Persons for more than 2 years.

2. To direct the Ld. Trial Court to expeditiously decide the Complainant's Application dated 11/07/2022 which is pending for adjudication before it for around two (2) years.

3. To initiate the trial of all Accused Persons as soon as possible since the 'incident' is of around three years (3) i.e. 01/03/2021 and the present 'Charge-sheet' was filed by the I.O. before the Ld. Trail Court on 01/07/2021 and since then, there has been no significant development or headway made in the Complainant's The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 21/02/2024 at 14:51:03

case by the Ld. Trial Court."

2.

The grievance of the petitioner is that despite the fact that the chargesheet in the aforesaid case was filed in July, 2021, the case is pending for framing of charge/application for further investigation before the learned MM.

3.

Issue notice. Learned ASC (Crl.) for the State accepts notice. 4.

The petition alongwith pending applications is disposed of with the direction that the petitioner shall be at liberty to make appropriate request before the concerned Court, which shall be considered in accordance with law. The learned MM shall also make an endeavour to conclude the hearing on the aforesaid aspect as expeditiously as possible. MANOJ KUMAR OHRI, J FEBRUARY 19, 2024/rd The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 21/02/2024 at 14:51:03