IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Crl. Misc. Application (C-482) No. 538 of 2011 Tejvir Singh S/o Sri Jitendra Singh R/o H.No. 16 / 14 Guru Road, P atel Nagar, District Dehradun. ...…………. Petitioner Versus Sumer S/o Shri Girdhari Lal R/o H.No. 300 / 9, Lane No. 9 Indra Vihar, Rajendra Nagar, District Dehradun. ...…………. Respondent Mr. Prashant Khanna, Advocate, present for the petitioner. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard. 2) By means of this petition, moved under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the petitioner has sought direction to the trial court to proceed and decide the criminal case No. 4026 of 2010; Tejvir Singh Vs. Sumer, relating to offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun. 2 3) The prayer made in the petition is innocuous. Sub-Section (3) of Section 143 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, provides that the trial shall be conducted as expeditiously as possible, and an endeavour shall be made to conclude the trial within six months from the date of filing of the complaint. 4) Therefore, this petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. is disposed of summarily directing the trial court to proceed and decide the aforesaid criminal case as expeditiously as possible, keeping in mind the spirit contained in Sub-Section (3) of Section 143 of the Act. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt. June 22, 2011. H. Negi