:1: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.5582 OF 2004 WITH CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.1620 OF 2004 Dr. Seema Chandrakant Joshi ... Applicant versus Mahavir Gupta and others ... Respondents ... Mr. Y.S. Jahagirdar, Senior Counsel, for Mr. Vasant B. Dhawan, for the Applicant. Mr. V.K. Agarwal for Respondents Nos.1 to 5. Mr. K.V. Saste, A.P.P., for Respondent No.6. ... CORAM : A.M.KHANWILKAR,J. 9th February 2005 P.C.: . Heard Counsel for the parties. In substance, the relief claimed in the main petition by the Petitioner is for a direction to the trial Court to ensure that the trial of Complaint No. 84/S/1995 is disposed of :2: expeditiously. In the light of the recent decision of the Division Bench of this Court, clear directions have been given to all the concerned Courts taking up proceedings pertaining to section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act to finally dispose of those proceedings not later than six months. That direction will apply to the proceedings pending between the parties in this case. If it is so, no further directions are required in the present case, except to mention that the trial will proceed on its own merits in accordance with law. All issues pending before the trial Court are kept open. Accordingly Criminal Writ Petition No. 1620 of 2004 as well as Criminal Application No. 5582 of 2004 are disposed of. (A.M.KHANWILKAR,J.)