IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Misc. Application No. 515 of 2011 Charanjeet Singh, S/o late Sri Sujan Singh, R/o F 35, Race Course Thana Nehru Colony, Dehradun. …….Applicant. Versus 1. Smt. Kesari, W/o Shri Srichand, R/o Indra Colony, Nai Basti, Chukkuwala, Thana Kotwali, Dehradun, District Dehradun. 2. Shri Srichand, S/o not known R/o Indra Colony, Nai Basti, Chukkuwala, Thana Kotwali, Dehradun, District Dehradun. …....….Respondents. Present: Ms. Vandana Mehra, Advocate present for the petitioner. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard. 2. By means of this petition moved under section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the petitioner has sought a direction of this court to the trial court to decide criminal complaint case no. 4364 of 2009 Charanjeet Singh Vs. Smt. Kesari and another relating to offence punishable under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. 3. The prayer made in the writ petition is innocuous. Sub section (3) of section 143 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 provides that trial shall be conducted as expeditiously as possible and an endeavour shall be made to conclude the trial within six months from 2 the date of filing of the complaint. Criminal complaint is pending since 2009. 4. In the above circumstances, this petition under section 482 Cr.P.C. is disposed of summarily directing the Judicial Magistrate 1st, Dehradun to proceed and decide the case as expeditiously as possible, keeping in mind the spirit contained in sub section (3) of section 143 of the Negotiable Instruments Act 1881. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt.15.06.2011 SKS