HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD APPLICATION U/S 529 BNSS No. - 4880 of 2026 Court No. - 82 HON'BLE JAI PRAKASH TIWARI, J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A for the State as also perused the record. This application under Section 529 BNSS has been filed seeking direction to the court concerned to decide the Complaint No. 12368 of 2024 (Deepak Kumar vs. Om Kishan), under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, pending before the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pilibhit, expeditiously within stipulated period. As per submission of learned counsel for the applicant, after filing the aforesaid complaint, summoning order was passed on 30.05.2024 against the opposite party no. 2 by the court concerned. Thereafter, opposite party no. 2 appeared and was released on bail by the court concerned. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the present complaint case is pending since 2024 and therefore, a period of more than two years has already lapsed. Here, it would be relevant to note Section 143 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, which provides that: "143. Power of Court to try cases summarily.— (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), all offences under this Chapter shall be tried by a Judicial Magistrate of the first class or by a Metropolitan Magistrate and the provisions of sections 262 to 265 (both inclusive) of the said Code shall, as far as may be, apply to such trials:Provided Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Jitendra Kumar Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Deepak Kumar .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s) that in the case of any conviction in a summary trial under this section, it shall be lawful for the Magistrate to pass a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and an amount of fine exceeding five thousand rupees:Provided further that when at the commencement of, or in the course of, a summary trial under this section, it appears to the Magistrate that the nature of the case is such that a sentence of imprisonment for a term exceeding one year may have to be passed or that it is, for any other reason, undesirable to try the case summarily, the Magistrate shall after hearing the parties, record an order to that effect and thereafter recall any witness who may have been examined and proceed to hear or rehear the case in the manner provided by the said Code. (2) The trial of a case under this section shall, so far as practicable, consistently with the interests of justice, be continued from day to day until its conclusion, unless the Court finds the adjournment of the trial beyond the following day to be necessary for reasons to be recorded in writing. (3) Every trial under this section shall be conducted as expeditiously as possible and an endeavour shall be made to conclude the trial within six months from the date of filing of the complaint." Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this application is finally disposed of with a direction to the court concerned to decide the complaint case and conclude the trial in accordance with law, keeping in view the procedure, as expeditiously as possible, without granting any unnecessary or long adjournments to either of the parties, as per the provision of Section 143(3) of the N.I. Act, if there is no other legal impediment. However, it is expected that both the parties shall cooperate with the trial. October 9, 2026 Brijesh NA529 No. 4880 of 2026 2 (Jai Prakash Tiwari,J.) Digitally signed by :- BRIJESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad