WPCRL 783/2010 Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Heard Mr. Rakesh Thapliyal, Advocate for the petitioner and Mr. GS Sandhu, GA for the State. In brief, the facts of the case are that an FIR was lodged by the respondent no. 2 Smt. Satwant Kaur against the petitioner and other co-accused, which was lodged as Case Crime No. 260/2006 u/s 420, 467, 468, 471 & 120B, IPC. The I.O. after investigation submitted the chargesheet, on the basis of which learned Judicial Magistrate, Rishikesh has taken the cognizance against the petitioner and a Criminal Case No. 1146/2007 (now renumbered as Criminal Case NO. 105/2010) was initiated against the petitioner, which is still pending. This petition has been filed only with a prayer that the trial court may be directed to expedite the trial of the case. Learned Counsel for the petitioner argued that the case is pending since 2006, but the prosecution has failed to produce any witness before the trial court till date and even the bailable and non-bailable warrants have been issued against the prosecution witnesses and due to this inordinate delay the petitioner is facing great hardship and shall suffer irreparable loss if the trial of the said case is not completed expeditiously. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this writ petition is disposed of with direction to Judicial Magistrate, Rishikesh to decide the aforesaid Criminal Case No. 1146/2007 (now renumbered as Criminal Case NO. 105/2010) expeditiously, preferably within six months. (D.V., J.) 16.9.2010 Prabodh