IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr.MP No.2249 of 2026 in Cr.R. No.16 of 2024 Date of Decision: 03.06.2026 __________________________________________________________________________

Surjeet Kumar ……...Applicant/Petitioner Versus H.P. State Cooperative Bank Ltd. …....Non-applicant/Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?

For the Petitioner: Mr. Surya Chauhan, Advocate.

For the Respondent: Mr. Abhishek Nagta, Advocate, vice Mr.

Pramod Singh Thakur, Advocate.

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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, alleging therein alleging therein that stating therein that accused had issued cheque bearing No.332087 dated 14