C482 No. 176 of 2011 Hon'ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Ms. Neelima Mishra, Advocate, holding brief of Shri Ramji Srivastava, Advocate, present for the petitioner Heard. By means of this petition, moved under section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the petitioner has sought direction of this court tothe trial court to decide the criminal complaint Case No. 7237 of 2009 Manish Bansal vs. Manoj, relating to offence punishable under section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate, Ist Dehradun, expeditiously. Heard. The prayer made in the petition is innocuous. The Criminal complaint appears to be pending since 2008. Sub section (3) of section 143 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, provides that the trial shall be conducted as expeditiously as possible and endeavour shall be made to conclude the trial within six months. In the above circumstances, this petition under section 482 of Cr.P.C., is allowed, and the trial directed to decide the aforesaid criminal complaint case as expeditiously as possible, keeping in mind spirit contained in section 143 of Act. (P.C.P., J.) 23-2-2011 NP