C-482 No.113 of 2008 Hon’ble B.C. Kandpal, J. By way of this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. filed by the complainant of Criminal Case No. 2543 of 2003 (3699 of 2007), Shakti Singh Vs Jaswant Singh, under Section 138 of Negotiable Instrument Act pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate – IInd, Dehradun has prayed for expeditious disposal of the aforesaid criminal case. Sri Vinod Sharma, leaned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the matter is pending since 2003 and in the case till now 73 dates have been fixed but the evidence has not yet been started. He has thus prayed for an expeditious disposal of the aforesaid criminal case. The prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioner appears to be innocuous. The Special Judicial Magistrate IInd, Dehradun is directed dispose of the aforesaid criminal case expeditiously without causing any unreasonable delay and preferably within a period of six months. With the aforesaid observation, the petition is disposed of finally. (B.C. K., J.) 15.02.2008 ASWAL