Legal Question in Criminal Law in India

I lost my sister in a dowry death case in 1988. The in-laws killed her and flew the deadbody in a river. Subsequently, FIR was filed in the Deoria district, UP after my father rushed from Bihar and after 9 years of litigation in trial court of Deoria distt, the 4 in-laws were sentenced in year 1997 to 10 year RI u/s 498A, 304B and 206, however, the convicts got bailed out next month vide a criminal appeal in High Court, Allahabad. Since then , the case has been pending. I hired 2 private lawyers in 2002 and then in 2008 and the expedite petition was approved by CJ in 2008 and the accused were summoned in the court but bail was regularized. I am still awaiting final hearing as the convicts are enjoying outside. Even I filed RTI applications to PMO, High Court, Supreme court registry and Ministry of Justice but nothing happened. May I know when and how will I get justice of this 22- year old heinous crime? The allahabd high court lawyer already took money in teh name of final hearing but did not work for final hearing as he said that the dates are not in hid hand. Also, for last 2 years I have been observing that this criminal appeal is getting listed in court 43 but not being heard in the High Court, Alhahabad?


Asked on 12/06/10, 12:55 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
RAJIV GUPTA (Cell: +91 9811284735) [email protected]

the appeal would be heard as per the listing and in case you feel that your matter is unnecessarily being delayed, you may ask your advocate to request the court for early hearing by moving an application u/s 482 of criminal procedure code.

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Answered on 12/07/10, 1:25 am


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