IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr.MP No.1773 of 2026 in Cr.R. No.857 of 2024 Date of Decision: 13..05.2026 ____________________________________________________________P______________

Sh. Bhagirath ……...Applicant/Petitioner Versus Punjab National Bank …....Non-applicant/Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?

For the Petitioner: Mr. Rajinder Thakur, Advocate.

For the Respondent: Mr. Jiten der P. Ranote, Advocate.

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Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral)

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

138 of the Act.

2g. Precisely, the facts of the case as emerge from the record are ithat 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 alleging therein that accused applied for loan amounting to Rs.2,00,0