Supreme Court · 2026 INSC 866 · Decided 17 August 2026
Keshvendra Singh v. Shankar Singh and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2026 INSC 866 · [2026] 9 S.C.R. 209
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 3856/2026
- Decided
- 17 August 2026
- Bench
- ARUN PALLI, K.V. VISWANATHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- BNSS Section 346, 309; IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 313, 309; Constitution Article 21
Headnote
Whether the High Court was justified in directing that Session Trial No.934 of 2023, then pending in the Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge/Special Judge, was to be kept in abeyance and in further directing that the proceedings under the Gangsters Act in the of the mandatory provision of s.12 of the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986. Constitution of India - Art.21 - Right to speedy trial - Of victim - Victim has a right to speedy trial too - Uttar Pradesh
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