IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Gulab Singh ...Petitioner Versus Anil Kumar and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH Present: Mr. H.S. Randhawa, Advocate, Amicus Curiae.

Mr. Mohan Singla, Advocate, for the petitioner.

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SANJAY VASHISTH, J.

1. Petitioner – Gulab Singh has filed the instant petition, under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023, for quashing/setting aside impugned order dated 08.04.2025 (Annexure P-4), passed by the Court of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Tohana, District Fatehabad, in Criminal Complaint No. NACT-214-2023 (Annexure P-1), titled as “Anil Kumar v. Gulab Singh and another”, allowing the application under Section 143-A of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short, ‘the NI Act’), filed by respondent No. 1/complainant, and directing the petitioner to pay interim compensation to the tune of 20% of the cheque amount.

2. Brief facts of the present case are that respondent No. 1/complainant filed a complaint under Section 138 of the NI Act, by asserting that he is carrying the business of commission agent under the name and style of M/s Mansa Ram Anil Kumar Commission Agent at Shop No. 14-B, New Anaj Mandi