Judgment

Mr. Sumeet Goel, J.

Present petition under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is filed by the Petitioner – accused, seeking setting aside of the order dated 20.05.2023 passed by the Learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Special Court for the offences under P.O.C.S.O. Act, 2012. The Petitioner has further sought a direction to the Learned Trial Court to expeditiously decide the trial in the case.

2. Facts germane to the decision of the present case, shorn of unnecessary details, are encapsulated as under:

i. The petitioner alleging long standing matrimonial dispute with his wife, resulting in multifarious litigations between them, lodged an FIR bearing No.218 (hereinafter First FIR) dated 20.07.2020, at 9.00 PM, under sections 323 and 506 of the IPC, registered at Police Station Badshahpur, District Gurugram, Haryana, against his wife and her daughter from previous marriage. The essence of the said FIR is the allegation that the petitioner was beaten by his wife and her daughter.

ii. Sometime thereafter, at about 10.45 PM, a cross-case bearing FIR No.220 (hereinafter Second FIR) dated 20.07.2020, under sections 323, 509 of IPC and section 8 of POCSO Act, wa