IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr.MP No.1623 of 2026 in Cr.R. No.238 of 2022 Date of Decision: 30.04.2026 _____________________________________________________________________

Sh. Man Singh ……...Applicant/Petitioner Versus Sh. Kuldeep Singh …....Non-applicant/Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?

For the petitioner: Mr. Ankit Kaloti, Advocate. For the Respondent: Mr. M.S. Katoch, Advocate.

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Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral)

By way of instant application filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 read with Section 147 of Negotiable Instruments Act, prayer has been made by the applicant- accused for compounding of offence alleged to have been committed under Section 138 of the Act.

2. Precisely, the facts of the case as emerge from the record are that non-applicant/respondent/complainant (for short ‘complainant’) filed a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (for short ‘Act’) in the competent court of law, alleging therein that accused approached him to sell the apple crop of his orchards for sum of ₹12,05,000/