IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANAAT CHANDIGARH Amrik Singh ….Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another ….Respondents Date of reserve: December 09, 2025 Date of pronouncement: December 12, 2025 Judgment pronounced: Full Date of Uploading: December 12,, 2025 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Abdul Aziz, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Adhiraj Singh Thind, AAG Punjab.

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 orders dated 05.07.2024& 31.08.2024 (Annexures P-8 & 10)passed by the learned JMIC, Jagraon, whereby, the petitioner has been declared as proclaimed person, in complaint case bearing No.COMA/161/2023 dated 08.05.2023 titled as “Gian Singh vs Amrik Singh” under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short ‘NI Act’).

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 petitioner has been