IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL Criminal Misc. Application No. 156 of 2005 Neam Chand S/o Late Shri Rahtu Lal R/o Village Bhaniyawala Police Station Doiwala District Dehradun …Applicant Versus 1. Special Judicial Magistrate II Dehradun 2. Mahendra Singh S/o Jati Ram R/o Village Baniyawala Police Station Doiwala District Dehradun ……Opposite Parties Hon’ble B.C. Kandpal, J. This is the petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. filed by the petitioner for seeking the direction to the Special Judicial Magistrate- II, Dehradun that the case be decided within the period prescribed in the law. Heard Sri D.C.S. Rawat learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned A.G.A. and perused the record. It appears from the record that the case under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act was filed before the court of Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun on 11.01.2001. The order sheet filed along with the petition shows that the prosecution evidence is over. The case is being posted for defence evidence. In view of the documents filed before this court, I direct the trial court to decide the case expeditiously, preferable within three months. With the aforesaid observation, the petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is finally disposed of accordingly. (B.C. Kandpal, J.) March 21, 2005 ASWAL