IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MMO No. 491 of 2025 Reserved on: 04.08.2025 Date of Decision: 11.08.2025 Pranav Singh @Moni f...Petitioner Versus Ankit Bajaj ...Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹. No For the PetCitioner : Mr. Umesh Kanwar, Advocate.

For the Respondent : NEMO Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The present petition is directed against the order Hdated 01.04.2025 passed by learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Court No.2, Ghumarwin, District Bilaspur (learned trial Court) vide which the application filed under Section 302 read with Section 256 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C.) was allowed. (Parties shall hereinafter be referred to in the same manner as they are arrayed before the learned Trial Court for convenience.)

1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes.

2. Briefly stated, the facts giving rise to the present petition are that the complainant filed a complaint before the learned Trial Court against the accused for the commission of an offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (in short ‘NI’ Act). It was asserted that the complain