IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Crl. Misc. Application (C-482) No. 616 of 2007 Nanda Ballabh Pathak S/o Sri Heera Ballabh Pathak District Audit Officer, Cooperative and Panchayat, Chamoli. ...…………. Petitioner Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand 2. Bharat Ram S/o Sri Bhupal Ram R/o Gram Kharkhet, Post Dhapolashera Tehsil Kanda, District Bageshwar. ...…………. Respondents Mr. I.P. Gairola, Advocate, present for the petitioner. Mr. M.A. Khan, Brief Holder, present for the State. Mr. B.S. Adhikari, Advocate, present for respondent No. 2. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard. 2) By means of this petition, moved under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short Cr.P.C.), the petitioner has sought quashing of the proceedings of Criminal Complaint Case No. 195 of 2007; Bharat Ram Vs. Nanda Ballabh Pathak, pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bageshwar. 3) Brief facts of the case are that the complainant filed a criminal complaint against the present petitioner seeking his trial in respect of offences punishable under Section 504, 506 of I.P.C. The trial court after recording statement of the complainant under Section 200 of Cr.P.C., 2 and that of the witnesses under Section 202 of Cr.P.C., summoned the accused (present petitioner) to face trial in respect of offence punishable under Section 504 of I.P.C. only. 4) Learned counsel for the petitioner pleaded that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the crime. It is also pointed out that during the pendency of this petition, complainant himself has moved an application on 20th of December 2010, before the trial court that he does not want to further prosecute the petitioner. 5) In the above circumstance, in view of the application dated 20th of December 2010, moved on behalf of the complainant before the Magistrate, this petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. is disposed of with the direction to the trial court to decide the case expeditiously. Interim order dated 31.08.2007, passed by this court, stands vacated. (Both Stay Vacation Application No. 898 of 2008 as well as Urgency Application No. 55 of 2011 stand disposed of). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt. February 17, 2011. H. Negi 3