HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW APPLICATION U/S 483 No. - 776 of 2025 Court No. - 11 HON'BLE SAURABH LAVANIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State of U.P. and perused the record. 2. The instant application has been preferred for the following main relief(s):- "1. Issue an order or direction to the Hon'ble Court of Additional Court No. 2, Lucknow for expeditiously completing the trial of the preferred Case No. 60112/2024 under section 138 Negotiable Instrument Act relating to the Police Station Hazratganj District Lucknow on day-to-day basis which is pending for adjudication for more than 1 year in the Hon'ble Court of Additional Court No. 2, Lucknow. 2. Issue an order or direction to the Hon'ble Court of Hon'ble Court of Additional Court No. 2, Lucknow for strictly complying the statutory proviso conferred under 143(2) (3) of the Negotiable Act in the Case No. 60112/2024 under section 138 Negotiable Instrument Act relating to the Police Station Hazratganj District Lucknow which is pending for adjudication before the Hon'ble Court of Additional Court No. 2, Lucknow." 3. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and also period of Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Mahmood Alam, Akil Imam, Mayank Dwivedi, Shifali Rajput, Syed Saad Anwar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Suneeta Khanna .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Govt. Lko. And 2 Others .....Opposite Party(s) pendency of complaint case in issue before the trial court concerned and as per Section 143 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, the proceedings instituted under Section 138 of the Act of 1881 shall be concluded expeditiously as possible and an endeavour shall be made to conclude the trial within six months from the date of filing of the case and also taking note of observations made by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the case(s) of Maneka Gandhi Versus Union of India and Another, (1978) 1 SCC 248; Hussainara Khatoon Versus Home Secretary, State of Bihar, (1980) 1 SCC 81 and Kadra Pahadiya and Others Versus State of Bihar, (1981) 3 SCC 671, regarding expeditious disposal of cases, the present application is disposed of with a direction to the court concerned to consider and decide the complaint case in issue, expeditiously. 4. With the aforesaid, the instant application is disposed of. September 17, 2025 Arun/- A483 No. 776 of 2025 2 (Saurabh Lavania,J.) Digitally signed by :- ARUN KUMAR GANGWAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench