IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. Appeal (A-SB) No.24 of 2026 Date of Decision: 8.5.2026 _______________________________________________________ Himachal Pradesh Minorities Finance and Development Corporation …….Petitioner Versus Shri Lal Singh … Respondent _______________________________________________________

Coram:

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting? ¹ For the Petitioner: Ms. Shashi Kiran, Advocate.

For the Respondent: Nemo.

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Sandeep Sharma, Judge(oral):

CBeing aggrieved and dissatisfied with order dated

8.12.2025 passed by learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Shimla, Dhistrict Shimla, Himachal Pradesh in case No. 349 of 2024, whereby gcomplaint having been filed by the appellant/claimant came to be dismissed for non-prosecution, appellant-complainant has approached this Court in the instant proceedings, praying therein to set aside the aforesaid order and restore the complaint filed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act.

2. Precisely, the facts of the case as emerge from the record are that the appellant-complainant instituted proceedings under Section 138 of the Nego