K.B.Shivakumaraswamy, Aged About 40 Years, S/O. Late Basavalingappa, Kuragallu Village, Bettadapura Hobli, Periyapatna Taluk, Mysore District
1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE DATED THIS THE 8TH DAY OF JANUARY 2013 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE K.N.KESHAVANARAYANA CRIMINAL PETITION No. 362/2012 BETWEEN : K.B.Shivakumaraswamy, Aged about 40 years, S/o. Late Basavalingappa, Kuragallu Village, Bettadapura Hobli, Periyapatna Taluk, Mysore District. ... Petitioner (By Sri.Nagaiah & Sri.R.D.Panchan, Advocates) AND : B.G.Manjunatha, Aged about 38 years, S/o. Gopishetty, Bekkere Village, Bettadapura Hobli, Periyapatna Taluk, Mysore District. …Respondent (Respondent is served, but unrepresented) This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. praying to direct the Civil Judge (Jr.Dn) and JMFC., Periyapatna, Mysore District, in complaint filed by the petitioner vide PCR No.75/2006, which is converted as C.C.No.327/2006. 2 This Criminal Petition coming for admission on this day, the Court made the following: O R D E R The relief sought in this petition filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. by the petitioner, who is the complainant before the trial court in the prosecution launched by him against the respondent-accused for the offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (N.I. Act, for short) is to direct the trial court to expedite the hearing of the matter, as the matter is already six years old, and in spite of the repeated adjournments granted on the request of the counsel for the respondent-accused, the complainant examined as PW.1, has not been cross- examined and the matter is being dragged on one or the other grounds.
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