1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Misc. Appln No. 286 of 2010 Ram Dayal S/O Sri Sadanand Bankhwal R/O Village Panchayat Bhawan, Shibbunagar Kotdwar District Pauri Garhwal ………. Applicant Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand through Secretary Home, Dehradun 2. Narendra Rauthan S/O Ranjeet Singh Rauthan R/O Village Aksora, patti Kandarsyun Chakisain Tehsil Thalisain District Pauri Garhwal 3. Ganesh Pant S/O Daya Ram R/O Village Panikhila patti Dhaijyuli, Chakisain, Tehsil Thalisain District Pauri Garhwal …………..Respondents Shri Shivanand Bhatt, Adv. present for the petitioner Shri M.A.Khan Brief Holder present for the respondent no.1/State Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard (2) By means of this petition, moved under section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, petitioner has sought direction to the trial court to proceed expeditiously with the trial of S.T. No. 10 of 2008 State vs. Narendra Singh and 2 others relating to offences punishable under section 302, 307, 506, 201, 427 I.P.C, pending in the court of Sessions Judge, Pauri Garhwal. (3) The prayer made in the petition is innocuous. It is pleaded on behalf of the petitioner/complainant that after the charge was framed in January 2009, only one witness could be examined by prosecution in the span of more than a year. (4) Having considered submissions of learned counsel for the petitioner/complainant and that of learned counsel for the State, this petition under section 482 of Cr.P.C, is summarily disposed of directing the trial court to proceed with the trial expeditiously. Dt.07.4.2010 NP (Prafulla C. Pant, J.)