IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL CRIMINAL MISC. APPLICATION NO.918 OF 2010 (U/s 482 of Cr.P.C.) Pramod Kumar …………Applicant Versus Kishan Lal …………Respondents Dated: September 28, 2010 Mr. Karan Anand, Advocate for the applicant HON. DHARAM VEER, J. By means of this application moved u/s 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter to be referred as Cr.P.C.), the applicant has prayed to direct the Judicial Magistrate-I, Dehradun to decide the case no.4569 of 2009, Pramod Kumar v. Kishan Lal, under Section 138 of N.I. Act, expeditiously. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and perused the entire material in file. Learned counsel for the applicant drawn the attention of this Court towards Section 143(3) of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 which reads as under:- “143(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.” In view of the above-said quoted section, learned counsel for the applicant argued that the trial court ought to have decided the above-said case by now, however, the above-said case is pending in the trial court from a long time due to which the applicant is facing hardship. 2 After considering the entire facts and circumstances of the case and on perusal of Section 143(3) of the Act as well as on consideration of the argument advanced by the counsel for the applicant, I am of the view that the court below should be directed to decide the case expeditiously. For the reasons as aforesaid, the application u/s 482 Cr.P.C. is disposed of with the direction to the Judicial Magistrate-I, Dehradun to decide the proceedings in case no.4569 of 2009, Pramod Kumar v. Kishan Lal, pending before him expeditiously preferably within a period of six months. (Dharam Veer, J.) 28.9.2010 RG