Judgment

Mr. Harpreet Singh Brar, J.

The petitioner has approached this Court under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking quashing of FIR No.168 dated 18.07.2023 registered under Section 174-A IPC at Police Division No.5, Ludhiana (Annexure P-1) as well as order dated 24.10.2019 (Annexure P-3) passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate Class 1st Class, Ludhiana in NACT No.12293 of 2017 titled as Amarjit Singh Vs. M/s Sara International and another whereby the petitioner has been declared a proclaimed person.

2. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, inter alia, contends that a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (hereinafter referred to as the NI Act) was filed against the petitioner herein at the instance of respondent No.2-complainant on the ground that the petitioner herein had purchased cycle parts from the complainant vide invoice No.0751 dated 01.04.2016 on credit and agreed to make the payment of said invoice within a period 30 days. However, when the petitioner herein failed to make the payment within the stipulated period, repeated requests were made to the petitioner to clear the dues but to no avail. Ultimately, the petitioner issued cheque bear