IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANAAT CHANDIGARH Sandeep Malik ….Petitioner versus State of Haryana and another ….Respondents Date of decision: December 12, 2025 Date of Uploading: December 12, 2025 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Arun Singal, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Tarun Aggarwal, Additional AG Haryana.

None for respondent No.2.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

Present petition has been filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’), seeking quashing of impugned order dated 11.11.2024 (Annexure P-11) passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1^st Class, Panipat, whereby, the petitioner has been declared as Proclaimed Person, in a complaint case bearing No.NACT/1524/2022 titled “Vijay Kumar versus Sandeep Malik” arising out of a complaint filed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 along with all other consequential proceedings arising therefrom.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has iterated that the impugned order, whereby the petitioner has been declared a proclaimed person, is wholly illegal, arbitrary, and unsustainable in the eyes of law. Learned counsel has further iterated that the