IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision :23.01.2026 Saurabh Sharma @ Sourabh Sharma ......Petitioner Versus The State of Haryana and another ...... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA PARTAP SINGH Present : Mr. Sumit Nandvani, Advocate for the petitioner.

(through hybrid mode).

Mr. Parveen Kumar Aggarwal, Addl. A.G., Haryana.

SURYA PARTAP SINGH , J . (Oral) :

This is a petition under Section 528 Bharatiya Nagrik Surakhsa Sanhita, 2023 whereby quashing of FIR No.175 dated 03.06.2025 under Section 209 of BNS (Section 174-A IPC), Police Station Bawal, District Rewari, has been sought.

2. It has been pleaded by the petitioner that a complaint for the commission of offence punishable under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, hereinafter being referred to as ‘N.I. Act’, with regard to dishnour of the cheque was filed against him in the Court of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Bawal, Rewari. It has been further submitted that due to business exigencies, he could not keep track of the proceedings and due to absence he was declared a proclaimed offender vide order dated 31.05.2025. As per petitioner, the abovesaid order led to registratio