Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:82131 Court No. - 81 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 3353 of 2025 Petitioner :- Om Prakash Kushwaha Respondent :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Pradyumna Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Ms. Nand Prabha Shukla,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. This petition has been filed seeking direction to the learned Judicial Magistrate-II, Allahabad to expedite the disposal of Complaint Case No. 1685 of 2018, Om Prakash Versus Kiran, within stipulated time to be fixed by the Hon'ble Court. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that Section 143(3) of Negotiable Instrument Act clearly provides expeditious disposal of cases filed under Section 138 of the NI Act. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this petition is finally disposed of with a direction to the court concerned to decide the aforesaid case in spirit of provisions of Section 143(3) of Negotiable Instruments Act as expeditiously as possible, after giving opportunity of hearing to both the parties, without granting any unnecessary or long adjournments to either of the parties, from the date of production of a certified copy of this order, if there is no other legal impediment. Order Date :- 17.5.2025 Shivani Digitally signed by :- SHIVANI SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad