IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr.MMO No.1090 of 2025 Date of Decision: 07.05.2026 _______________________________________________________

Pratap Singh …….Petitioner Versus HDFC Bank Ltd. & Anr.

… Respondents Coram:

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting? ¹ Ye s.

For the Petitioner: Mr. Arvind Negi, Advocate.

For the Respondents: Mr. Sanjay Kumar Sharma, Advocate.

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Sandeep Sharma, Judge(oral):

Through instant petition filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, prayer has been made on behalf of the petitioner-accused (in short “accused”) for quashing and setting aside the Criminal Complaint No.613 of 2018 and the order dated 28.09.2024 passed by learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, whereby an application filed by the accused under Section 147 of Negotiable Instruments Act (in short “Act”) for compounding the offence came to be rejected.

2. Precisely, the facts of the case, as emerge from the pleadings as well as other material adduced on record are that respondent-complainant-bank (in short “complainant-bank”) filed a

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