IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr.MP No.1758 of 2026 in Cr.R. No.626 of 2022 Date of Decision: 13..05.2026 ____________________________________________________________P_________

Ilyas Ali ……...Applicant/Petitioner Versus Bhag Singh …....Non-applicant/Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting? f For the Petitioner: Dr. Rajesh oKumar Parmar, Advocate.

For the Respondent: Mr. Ashok Kumar, Advocate.

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Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral)

By way of instant application filed under Section 147 of Negotiable Instruments Act (in short “Act”) read with Section 359 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (in short “BNSS”), prayer has been made by the applicant-petitioner (in short “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 Hthat non-applicant/respondent/complainant (in short ‘complainant’) filed a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (in short ‘Act’) in the competent court of law, alleging therein that accused entered into an ag