SC Stays Trial in Decades-Old Case Citing 35-Year Delay in Proceedings

Kailash Chandra Kapri Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) The matter concerns criminal proceedings initiated in 1989 under Sections 147, 323, and 504 of the IPC and Section 120 of the Railway Act, pending as Case No. 545/1991 before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (Railway), Prayagraj. The accused, a police officer, sought quashing of proceedings before the Allahabad High Court under Section 482 Cr.P.C. The High Court refused to quash the case, holding that disputed questions of fact were involved and that no ground for interference was made out at that stage...