IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr.MP No. 2058 of 2026 in Cr.R. No. 68 of 2026 Date of Decision: 22.5.2026 _____________________________________________________________________

Gorkh Ram ……...Applicant/Petitioner Versus H.P. State Agriculture and Rural Development Bank Ltd …....Non-applicant/Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?

For the Petitioner: Mr. Munish D atwalia, Advocate.

For the Respondent: Mr. Narender Singh Thakur, Advocate.

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Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral)

By waoy of instant application filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘the BNSS’) read with Section 147 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (for short ‘Act’) prayer has been made by the applicant-accused for compounding of offence alleged to have been committed by him under Section 138 of the Act.

2. Precisely, the facts of the case as emerge from the record are that respondent/complainant filed a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act in the competent court of law, alleging therein that accused view to discharge his liability is