IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Crl. Misc. Application (C-482) No. 298 of 2010 Gurmail Singh S/o Sri Sadu Singh R/o Village Jiwanwala, P.O. Fatehpur P.S. Doiwala, Tehsil and District Dehradun. ...…………. Petitioner Versus Amrita Nand Guru Maa Add. Ganesh Puram, Near Sati Kund, Kankhal, District Haridwar. ...…………. Respondent Mr. Manish Arora, Advocate 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 a direction to the trial court to decide the Criminal Complaint Case No. 9003 of 2009; Gurmail Singh Vs. Amratanand, relating to offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, police station Doiwala, District Dehradun, pending in the court of Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate Second, Dehradun. 2 3) The prayer made in the petition is innocuous. The Criminal complaint case is pending since 2007. Sub- section (2) and sub-section (3) of Section 143 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (as inserted vide Act No. 55 of 2002), read as under: “(2) The trial of a case under this section shall, so far as practicable, consistently with the interests of justice, be continued from day to day until its conclusion, unless the Court finds the adjournment of the trial beyond the following day to be necessary for reasons to be recorded in writing. (3) Every trial under this section 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) In view of the provision of law quoted above, this petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. is allowed with the direction to the trial court to decide the aforesaid case as expeditiously as possible, keeping in mind the spirit of Section 143 of the Act. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt. April 09, 2010. H. Negi