IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr.MP No.1823 of 2026 in Cr.R. No.407 of 2023 Date of Decision: 13.05.2026 _____________________________________________________________________

Birbal Guleria ……...Applicant/Petitioner Versus Hans Raj and Another …....Non-applicants/Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?

For the Petitioner: Mr. Jagan Nath, Advocate.

For the Respondents: Mr. Mukul Sood, Advocate, for respondent No.1.

Mr. Rajan Kahol & Mr. Vishal Panwar, Additional Advocates General, with Mr. Ravi Chauhan and Mr. Anish Banshtu, Deputy Advocates General, for State.

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Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral)

By way of instant application filed under 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,