IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 579 of 2008 (M/S) Suresh Kumar Puri, S/o Late H.C. Puri R/o 1 Haridwar Road Police Station Kotwali, Dehradun … Petitioner Vs 1. State of Uttarakhand through Secretary, Department of Prosecution Uttarakhand, Dehradun 2. Smt. D.P. Singh W/o Sri D.P. Singh R/o Whispering Windows Library Mussoorie, Dehradun 3. Bimal Sharma S/o Sri M.L. Sharma R/o Aabshar Camel’s Back Road Mussoorie, Dehradun 4. Harish Sharma S/o Sri M.L. Sharma R/o Aabshar Camel’s Back Road, Mussoorie, Dehradun 5. Smt. Neerja Pandhi W/o Anil Pandhi R/o Windermere, Mussoorie, Dehradun 6. Karan Singh Chauhan S/o Sri B.S. Chauhan R/o 9 B.B.C. Building, Mussoorie, Dehradun 7. Suresh Chandra Agarwal S/o Late Mohan Lal R/o Ram Chandra & Brothers, Mussoorie, Dehradun 8. Anil Pandhi S/o R.P. Pandhi R/o Builder Mary, Kulri Mussoorie, Dehradun 9. Balbir Singh S/o Khem Singh R/o Mussoorie Public School Mussoorie, Dehradun 10. Nirmal Gaur S/o Late N.K. Gaur R/o 9B Chander Board, P.S. Dalanwala, Dehradun 11. Surya Mani S/o Late Tota Ram R/o Mount Vage Complex Bank Road Mussoorie, Dehradun … Respondents Sri Shobhit Saharia, learned counsel for the petitioner Hon’ble B.C. Kandpal, J. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner, who is the complainant in Criminal Case No. 1944 of 2006, under Sections 420, 466, 467, 468, 471, 120B of I.P.C. pending in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun, seeking direction for early disposal of aforesaid criminal case. 2 2. Heard Sri Shobhit Saharia, learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the record. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that in the instant case, the First Information Report was lodged in the year 1998 against the respondents No. 2 to 11 and the chargesheet was submitted after a lapse of about eight years i.e. in the year 2006. He has further submitted that since 2006, the case is being adjourned on one ground or the other and has not proceeded further, with the result, the complainant is being put to an embarrassing situation. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has thus prayed that the trial court, under the aforesaid circumstances, be directed to expedite the trial of the aforesaid case. 5. The prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioner appears to be quite innocuous and in the aforesaid circumstances, I think, it would be just and proper to direct the trial court for deciding the Criminal Case pending against the respondents No. 2 to 11 expeditiously and without causing any unreasonable delay. 6. Accordingly, the petition is finally disposed of with the direction to the trial court that the Criminal Case No. 1944 of 2006, under Sections 420, 466, 467, 468, 471, 120B of I.P.C. against the respondents No. 2 to 11 be decided expeditiously and without causing any unreasonable delay. 7. It is made clear that the trial court shall not grant any adjournment to either side on any unreasonable ground. (B.C. Kandpal, J.) 01.04.2008 ASWAL