C-482 No. 204 of 2010 Hon. Prafulla C. Pant, J. Mr. Karan Anand, Advocate present for the petitioner. Heard. By means of this petition, moved under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the petitioner has sought a direction to the trial court to decide the criminal complaint case No. 52 of 2005 (new No. 2243 of 2009); Suresh Kumar Vs. Rajendra Prasad, pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate (1st Class), Dehradun. The prayer made in the petition is innocuous. Criminal complaint is pending since 2005. In view of the provisions contained in sub-section (2) and sub-section (3) of Section 143 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (as amended), this petition deserves to be allowed. I have perused the order sheet of the criminal complaint case which is filed as Annexure –2 to the petition. Having considered submissions of learned counsel for the petitioner and after going through the papers on record, it is directed that the trial court shall proceed with the aforesaid criminal complaint case as expeditious as possible keeping in mind the provisions contained in sub-section (2) and sub-section (3) of Section 143 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. Accordingly, the petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. stands allowed. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) 11.03.2010 HN