IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr.MP No.1668 of 2026 in Cr.R. No.739 of 2025 Date of Decision: 05..05.2026 ____________________________________________________________P_________

Raja Jai Sayal ……...Applicant/Petitioner Versus Sh. Rakesh Kathuria …....Non-applicant/Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting? f For the Petitioner: Mr. R.K. Gaoutam, Senior Advocate, with Mr. Jai Ram Sharma, Advocate.

For the Respondent: Mr. Balwant Singh Thakur, Advocate, vice Mr. Vinod Kumar Soni, Advocate.

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Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral)

By way of instant application filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, 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’)

Hfiled a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (for short ‘Act’) in the competent court of law, alleging therein that accused with a view to discharge his liabi