C482 No. 144 of 2010 Hon. Prafulla C. Pant, J. Shri I.P. Kohli, Advocate, present for the petitioner. Heard. By means of this petition, moved under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the petitioner has sought direction to the trial court that criminal complaint case No.356 of 2008, Charanjeet Singh Kohli Vs. Sanjay Rastogi, pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate Ist, Dehradun, to decide expeditiously. The prayer made in the petition is innocuous. The criminal complaint case pertains to the offence punishable under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. The criminal complaint is pending since 2004. In view of the sub-section (2) and sub- section (3) of Section 143 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (as amended), this petition deserves to be allowed. The petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C., is allowed and it is directed that the trial court shall proceed with the case and decide the aforesaid complaint case as expeditiously as possible, keeping in mind the provision contained in sub-section (2) and sub-section (3) of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. Dt. 22.02.2010 (P. C. P., J.) S