C482 No. 116 of 2010 Hon. Prafulla C. Pant, J. Shri Karan Anand, 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 to decide the criminal complaint case No. 2129 of 2001 (new No. 6600 of 2008), Raja Dogra Vs. R.N. Tiwari, pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate Ist, Dehradun, expeditiously. The aforesaid criminal complaint case pertains to the offence punishable under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. In view of the provision contained in sub-section (2) and sub-section (3) of Section 143 (inserted vide Act No. 55 of 2002 in the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881), this petition deserves to be allowed, as the criminal complaint case is pending since 2001. In the above circumstances, petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C., is summarily disposed of directing the trial court to decide the aforesaid case, as expeditiously as possible, keeping in mind the spirit contained in Section 143 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. Dt. 10.02.2010 (P. C. P., J.) S