Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:34391 Court No. - 5 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 483 No. - 476 of 2025 Applicant :- Rajendra Prasad Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. The Prin. Secy. Home U.P. Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Shiv Shankar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Manjive Shukla,J. 1. Heard Sri Shiv Shankar Singh, learned counsel appearing for the applicant and learned Additional Government Advocate appearing for the State. 2. In view of the nature of the proposed order, notice to Opposite Party No.2 is hereby dispensed with. 3. The instant application under Section 483 Cr.P.C./529 B.N.S.S., 2023 has been filed inter-alia praying therein for the following relief: "It is most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may graciously be pleased to direct the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No.48, Barabanki to decide the Case No.832/2022 (Rajendra Prasad versus Manoj Verma) U/S-138 of N.I. Act, Police Station Kotwali Nagar, District Barabanki, which is pending since 2020, before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No.48, Barabanki as expeditiously as possible or within a period as stipulated by this Hon'ble Court." 4. Learned counsel appearing for the applicant has submitted that a complaint case for the offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act had been filed by the applicant in the year 2020 and later on, in the year 2022 it was re-numbered as Case No.832/2022 (Rajendra Prasad Vs. Manoj Verma). It has further been submitted that since the year 2020, the said complaint case is pending before the trial court and has yet not been decided. 5. Learned Additional Government Advocate appearing for the State submits that this Court may provide that the complaint case in question may be decided by the trial court expeditiously. 6. I have considered the arguments advanced by the learned counsel appearing for the applicant and I find that the complaint case in question was filed way back in the year 2020 and since then, it is pending before the trial court. 7. In the aforesaid circumstances, this application is finally disposed of with direction to the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No.48, Barabanki to dispose of Case No.832/2022 (Rajendra Prasad Vs. Manoj Verma), expeditiously. Order Date :- 3.6.2025 Salim Digitally signed by :- SALIM PRAVEJ High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench