IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Miscellaneous Application 149 of 2011 (Under Section 482 CrPC) Charanjeet Singh Kohli .…. Petitioner Versus Ram Avsaan .… Respondent February 9, 2011 HON’BLE PRAFULLA C. PANT, J. Ms. I.P. Kohli, Advocate, present for the petitioner. Urgency application no. 745 of 2011 is allowed. Heard. 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 expeditiously decide the Complaint Case No. 1829 of 2010, Charanjeet Singh v. Ram Avsaan, relating to offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, pending before the 3rd Additional Civil Judge (Jr. Div.)/Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun. Sub-Section (3) of Section 143 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 requires that the trial court shall conclude every trial under the Section as expeditiously as possible and endeavour shall be made to conclude the trial within a period of six months from the date of filing of the complaint. Therefore, present petition deserves to be allowed. 2 Accordingly, the petition under Section 482 CrPC is allowed. Trial court is directed to decide the aforesaid criminal complaint case as expeditiously as possible, keeping in mind the spirit contained in Sub- Section (3) of Section 143 of the Negotiable Instruments At, 1881. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Vacation Judge 9.2.2011 PRABODH