IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 09.03.2010 CORAM: THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE C.T.SELVAM Crl.O.P.No.5450 of 2010 V.A.K. Engineering Pvt. Ltd., Rep. by its Director, Mr. Rajesh Malhotra No. 326, M.K.N. Road, Alandur, Chennai – 600 016. .. Petitioner. Versus State rep. by The Deputy Superintendent of Police CBCID, Head Quarters, Chennai .. Respondent. Prayer: Petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C seeking for a direction to the learned Judicial Magistrate, Alandur to dispose the case pending on its file in C.C. No. 321 of 2002 as expeditiously as possible not later than a period of three months. For Petitioner : Mr.Abudu Kumar Rajarathinam For Respondent : Mr.J.C. Durairaj Govt. Advocate (Crl.Side) O R D E R The petitioner, who is the defacto complainant in the case in C.C.No. 321 of 2002 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate, Alandur seeks a direction for early disposal of the case. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that a charge sheet has been filed in the case on 14.06.2002 for the offences under Sections 120(B), 465, 466, 467, 471, 420, 167 and 109 IPC. The first accused in the case initially moved a petition for quash at the stage of investigation in Crl.O.P. No. 4395 of 2000, which was dismissed on 09.03.2001. Subsequently, the first accused moved a petition in Crl.M.P. No. 6237 of 2005 before the lower Court seeking discharge, which was dismissed on 14.10.2005. A revision against such order was preferred before the learned District-cum-Sessions Judge, Chengalpet in R.P. No. 112 of 2005 also which was dismissed on 25.04.2006. One further quash petition was filed by the first accused in Crl.O.P. No. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 12166 of 2006 before this Court and citing the pendency thereof, the proceedings were dragged on before the lower Court for more than three years. On a petition by this petitioner in Crl.O.P. No. 32450 of 2007 towards expedition of trial in the case, the Division Bench of this Court clubbed such petition and quash petition filed by the accused as also other related petitions and under orders dated 09.12.2009 dismissed the quash petition and directed the lower Court to complete the trial with the observation that "since the calendar case is of the year 2002, the trial court is required to give priority for its early disposal and as far as possible on day to day basis" informing that the accused in the case successfully dragged on the proceedings before the lower Court over several years. Learned counsel for the petitioner would press the prayer in the present petition. 3. Learned Government Advocate (Crl.Side) submits that the progress in the trial was delayed only because of the several proceedings, which came to be filed before this Court. 4. In the circumstances of the case, this Court is of the considered view that this is a fit case to be disposed of in a time bound manner. It is now represented by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the case pending in C.C. No. 321 of 2002 before the learned Judicial Magistrate No. II, Poonamalee has been transferred to the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate, Alandur and is yet to be renumbered. 5. In the circumstances, this Court directs the learned Judicial Magistrate, Alandur to take up this particular case at an early date for conduct of the trial and dispose of the same within a period of six months from the date of receipt of copy of this order. 6. The Criminal Original Petition is ordered accordingly. Sd/- Asst. Registrar //true copy// Sub Asst.Registrar ar To 1. Judicial Magistrate, Alandur https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2. Judicial Magistrate No. II, Poonamalee 3. The Deputy Superintendent of Police CBCID, Head Quarters, Chennai 4. The Public Prosecutor High Court, Madras 1 cc to Mr.Abudu Kumar Rajaratnam, Advocate, Sr.No.15741 Crl.O.P.No.5450 of 2010 RSN {CO} TP/18.3.2010. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/