Chintu Hans vs State of Punjab - 2023 Supreme(P&H) 2350

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2023 Supreme(P&H) 2350

JASJIT SINGH BEDI
Chintu Hans – Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
Mr. R.P. Dhir, Advocate; For the Petitioner
Mr. Kirat Singh Sidhu, D.A.G, Punjab.

Table of Content
1. petition under cr.p.c. for quashing order. (Para 1 , 2)
2. settlement led to withdrawal of complaint. (Para 3 , 4)
3. state's opposition to petition. (Para 5 , 6)
4. impugned complaint was withdrawn. (Para 7 , 9)
5. court's reasoning on similar cases. (Para 8 , 10 , 11)
6. quashing of order and fir granted. (Para 12 , 13)

JUDGMENT

Jasjit Singh Bedi, J. (Oral)

This is a petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. for quashing of the order dated 17.01.2015 (Annexure P-1) passed by the Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hoshiarpur, whereby the petitioner has been declared a proclaimed person in complaint case under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments, 1881 and the consequential FIR No.197, dated 06.10.2021 (Annexure P-2) registered under Section 174A of IPC at Police Station City Hoshiarpur, District Hoshiarpur.

2. The brief facts of the case are that a complaint under section 138 of the NI Act was filed against the petitioner/accused before the Court of Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hoshiarpur by the complainant. The petitioner/accused had no knowledge about the said complaint and summoning order. However, vide order dated 17.01.2015 (Annexure P-1), the petitioner/accuse

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