2026:UHC:2358 .SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS C-528 NO.545 of 2026 Hon’ble Alok Mahra, J. Mr. Karan Anand, learned counsel for the applicant. 2. Mr. Akshay Latwal, learned A.G.A. for the State. 3. Present C-528 application has been filed seeking a direction to release a sum of Rs.1,00,00,000/- (Rupees One Crore only), which is 20% of the total compensation amount, as awarded by the learned ACJM/5th Additional Civil Judge (S.D.), Dehradun, which has already been deposited by the respondent. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant would submit that the applicant had filed Criminal Complaint Case No.3799 of 2013 under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, which was allowed by the learned ACJM/6th Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Dehradun vide judgment and order dated 27.11.2021. Being aggrieved by the said judgment, the respondent preferred Criminal Appeal No.137 of 2021, which is still pending consideration. It is further submitted that at the time of admission of the said criminal appeal, the learned In-charge Sessions Judge, Dehradun, vide order dated 22.12.2021, directed the respondent to deposit 20% of the total cheque amount of Rs.5 crores within sixty days. 5. Learned counsel would further submit that thereafter the learned Sessions Judge directed the trial court to submit a report regarding the deposit of the said amount; that, in compliance thereof, the learned trial court submitted a report stating that the respondent had deposited 20% of the amount on 2026:UHC:2358 22.12.2021. It is further submitted that the applicant moved an application dated 28.09.2022 (Paper No.19-Ka) before the concerned 6th Additional Sessions Judge, Dehradun seeking withdrawal of the said amount on the ground that no payment has been made to the applicant by the respondent. However, the said application is still pending consideration. 6. It is further submitted that the complaint case was instituted in the year 2013, and despite lapse of a considerable period, the application moved by the applicant for withdrawal of the deposited amount has not been decided till date. 7. Learned counsel submits that the applicant has confined his innocuous prayer only to the extent that the court below may be directed to decide the aforesaid application expeditiously within a time frame fixed by this Court. 8. The innocuous prayer made by learned counsel for the applicant deserves to be accepted. 9. Accordingly, the present C-528 application is disposed of with a direction to the learned 6th Additional Sessions Judge, Dehradun to make every endeavour to decide Application Paper No.19-Ka dated 28.09.2022, after hearing the parties concerned and in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of one month from the date of production of a certified copy of this order. 10. Pending applications, if any, shall stand disposed of accordingly. (Alok Mahra J.) 02.04.2026 Mamta 2026:UHC:2358