Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:20758 Court No. - 74 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 1279 of 2025 Applicant :- Mohd Maroof Partner M/S M.M Handicraft Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Bina Singh,Krishna Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Vikas Budhwar,J. 1. Learned counsel for the applicant is permitted to correct the prayer clause. 2. Supplementary affidavit filed today is taken on record. 3. Heard Sri Krishna Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Kuldeep Singh Chauhan, learned AGA for the State. 4. The sole prayer made in the present application is to direct learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No. 2, Moradabad to decide the Complaint Case No.13444 of 2017, CNR No. UPMO 040470762017 (Mohd. Maroof Vs. Lalit Gupta) under Section 138 Negotiable Instrument Act, Police Station Majhola, District Moradabad pending in the Court of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No. 2, Moradabad. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that despite the fact that the proceedings under Section 138 is pending since 2017 but the same has not given a logical end. 6. Learned AGA has no objection to the same. 7. Considering the submission raised at bar, the application stands disposed of requiring the court below to expedite the proceedings strictly in accordance with law without granting unnecessary adjournments and, in case, any adjournment is granted then the same should be in exceptional circumstances in this regard, subject to legal impediment, if any. Order Date :- 13.2.2025 Rajesh Digitally signed by :- RAJESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad