IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Misc. Case No. 841 of 2011 Sanjeev Kumar S/o Sri Kisori Lal R/o A-248/2 Ordinance Factory Raipur, Kotwali, Dehradun. ….…..Petitioner Versus Vijay Singh S/o Late Sri Parbulal R/o Gram Nathanpur, (Nikat Post Office, Nehrugram) Kotwali Colony Dehradun. ……Respondent Mr. Karan Anand, Advocate, present for the petitioner. Mr. B.S. Parihar, Brief Holder, present for the State. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2) By means of this petition, moved under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the petitioner has sought direction of this Court to Judicial Magistrate 1,st Dehradun to decide the Criminal Case No. 557 of 2009 Sanjeev Kumar Vs. Vijay Singh, relating to offences punishable under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, expeditiously. 3) The prayer made in the petition is innocuous. The criminal complaint case is pending since 2009. Sub- Section (3) of 143 of Negotiable Instruments Act,1881, 2 provides that every trial shall be conducted as expeditiously as possible and an endeavor shall be made to conclude trial within six months from the date of filing of the complaint. 4) Therefore, petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. is disposed of summarily with the direction that the trial court shall proceed and decide the case as expeditiously as possible, keeping in mind the spirit contained in sub-Section (3) of 143 of the Act. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) 16.09.2011 JM