IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Crl. Misc. Application (C-482) No. 593 of 2011 Neeraj Bansal S/o Sri J.N. Bansal R/o 20 Arvind Marg, D ehradun. ...…………. Petitioner Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand through Secretary Home, Dehradun. 2. Himanshu Narang S/o Sharad Chand Narang R/o B-13, Katchero Road, Dehradun. ...…………. Respondents Mr. B.S. Adhikari, Advocate, present for the petitioner. Mr. T.C. Agarwal, Addl. Govt. Advocate, present for respondent No. 1. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard. 2) By means of this petition, moved under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the petitioner has sought direction of this court that the criminal complaint case No. 5861 of 2010; Neeraj Bansal Vs. Himanshu Narang, relating to offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, police station Dalanwala, 2 pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate (C.B.I.), Dehradun, be proceeded with and disposed of expeditiously. 3) The prayer made in the petition is innocuous. The criminal complaint is pending since 2010. Sub-Section (3) of Section 143 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, provides that the trial 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. 4) Therefore, the petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. is disposed of summarily directing the trial court to proceed with and dispose of the aforesaid criminal case as expeditiously as possible, keeping in mind the spirit contained in Sub-Section (3) of Section 143 of the Act. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt. July 07, 2011. H. Negi