HC asks trial court to expedite case filed by Amitabh Thakur

The Allahabad High Court has disposed of a petition filed by suspended IPS officer Amitabh Thakur in connection with a case of alleged threat handed out to him by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav after directing the trial court here to expeditiously decide his application pending before it in connection with the case.
Justice Sudhir Kumar Saxena of the HC's Lucknow bench passed the order yesterday on a petition filed by Thakur.
Justice Saxena issued the direction to the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lucknow.
The petitioner had sought directions to the CJM's court to decide his application filed on November 16, 2015, within 15 days, challenging the final (closure) report filed by the police in the case under section 506 of IPC against Yadav who allegedly threatened him on July 10, 2015.

The police, in its report, concluded that the FIR was false and registered with improper motive, hence no further action needs to be taken.
"I direct Chief Judicial Magistrate/ Court concerned to decide the application dated Nov 16, 2015 expeditiously. Unnecessary adjournments will be avoided. Since officers are being transferred frequently and lawyers are regularly on strike, no fixed time can be ordered in this case", the court said.

Government Advocate Rishad Murtaza submitted that only two dates had been fixed after the CD was filed, as such, it cannot be said that there had been any undue delay on the part of the Presiding Officer.

The petitioner said that his FIR against Mulayam Singh was closed by the investigating officer on October 12, 2015.
He challenged the closure report before the CJM, Lucknow, on November 16, 2015.