P.Vijayakumar v. The Dcb Police Station,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 10.01.2025 Coram:

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.VELMURUGAN P.Vijaykumar ... Petitioner Vs.

1. DCB Police Station Rep. by Inspector of Police 75, Trichy Main Road, Kamaraj Nagar Namakkal - 637 001

2. Manivannan

3. Mahalakshmi ... Respondents Prayer: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 528 of B.N.S.S. to direct the Judicial Magistrate No.1, Namakkal to complete the trial expeditiously and pronounce judgment in C.C.No.15 of 2019 within the time stipulated by this Court.

For Petitioner : M/s.Anirudh Sriram For 1 st Respondent : Mr.S.Sugendran Additional Public Prosecutor 1/5

ORDER

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to direct the Judicial Magistrate No.1, Namakkal to complete the trial expeditiously and pronounce judgment in C.C.No.15 of 2019 within the time stipulated by this Court.

2. Since no adverse order is being passed against the respondents 2 and 3, notice to the respondents 2 and 3 is dispensed with.

3. It would be appropriate to note that since thousands of cases are pending in the Courts and the litigants are awaiting in a long queue, the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Sangram Sadashiv Suryavanshi Vs. The State of Maharashtra in Criminal Appeal No.4758 of 2024 dated 25.11.2024 has observed that the High Courts are fixing a time-bound schedule for conclusion of the trials in a routine manner despite the decisions of the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court in the case of High Court Bar Association, Allahabad vs. State of Uttar Pradesh reported in (2024) 6 SCC 267, which reads as under:

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"47.3. constitutional courts, in the ordinary course, should refrain from fixing a time-bound schedule for the disposal of cases pending before any other courts. Constitutional courts may issue directions for the time-bound disposal of cases only in exceptional circumstances. The issue of prioritising the disposal of cases should be best left to the decision of the courts concerned where the cases are pending."

4. In view of the above decisions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court, this Court is not inclined to fix any specific time limit.

5. Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed. 10.01.2025 Index : Yes / No Speaking Order : Yes / No ksa-2 3/5

To

1. The Judicial Magistrate No.1, Namakkal

2. The Inspector of Police DCB Police Station 75, Trichy Main Road, Kamaraj Nagar Namakkal - 637 001

3. The Public Prosecutor High Court of Madras 4/5

P.VELMURUGAN. J.

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