IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL CRIMINAL MISC. APPLICATION (C-482) No. 1262 Of 2010 Shri Bhaga Singh @ Shri Harnam Singh S/o Shri Prabhu Singh @ Prabhu Dayal R/o Village Doiwala, Pargana Parwadoon District Dehradun ………………..Applicant Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand through Secretary Home, Dehradun Dist Dehradun 2. Shri Amjad Ali S/o Late Shri Faqrudeen R/o 22 Ajabpur Kalan Dehradun, Dist Dehradun …….Opposite Parties Shri Ramji Srivastava, Advocate present for the petitioner Shri S.S.Adhikari, A.G.A., present for the State Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard. By means of this petition, moved under section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, (for short Cr.P.C), the petitioner has sought direction from this court to the trial court to decide the Criminal Compliant 2 Case No. 11003 of 2010, Shri Bhaga Singh @ Harnam Singh vs. Shri Amjad Ali, pending in the court of Ist Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dehradun, expeditiously. (2) The prayer made in the petition is innocuous. The case pertains to offence punishable under section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. Sub section (3) of section 143 of the Act, requires a trial court to decide such case within a period of six months. (3) In the above circumstances, the petition under section 482 of Cr.P.C is disposed of with the direction to the trial court to decide the aforesaid criminal complaint case as expeditiously as possible, keeping in mind the spirit contained in section 143 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt.03.01.2011 N.P 3