IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL CRIMINAL MISC. APPLICATION (C482)No. 505 Of 2010 Charanjeet Singh Kohli S/O Late Shri Sujan Singh R/O F-35, Race Course, Dehradun. ……………. Applicant Versus Shri Mahendra Kumar S/O not known R/O 66, Azad Colony Govindgarh, Dehradun, District-Dehradun ………….. Respondent Shri I.P.Kohli, Advocate, present for the petitioner Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard. (2) By means of this petition, moved under section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, (for short Cr.P.C) the petitioner has sought the direction to the trial court to decide the Criminal Complaint Case no. 3390 of 2009, Charanjeet Singh Kohli vs. Shri Mahendra Kumar, relating to offences punishable under section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 2 1881, pending in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-III, Dehradun. (3) The prayer made in the petition is innocuous. The Criminal Complaint Case is appears to be pending since 2007. (4) Sub-section (2) and sub-section (3) of section 143 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, read as under:- “ (2) The trial of a case under this section shall, so far as practicable, consistently with the interests of justice, be continued from day to day until its conclusion, unless the Court finds the adjournment of the trial beyond the following day to be necessary for reasons to be recorded in writing. (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.” (5) In view of the above quoted, provision this petition under section 482 of Cr.P.C., is summarily disposed of with direction to the trial court to decide 3 the Criminal Complaint Case No. 3390 of 2009 (old no. 237 of 2007) Charanjeet Singh Kohli vs. Mahendra Kumar, pending in the Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-III, Dehradun, as expeditiously as possible, keeping in mind the spirit of section 143, quoted above. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt.07.6.2010 N.P