IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (159)

CRM-M-8832-2026 Gurmeet Sodhi ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab and another ....Respondent Date of decision: 17.02.2026 Date of uploading: 17.02.2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Viren Sibal, Advocate for the petitioner.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral)

1. The present petition has been filed under Section 528 of BNSS 2023, primarily seeking quashing of the order dated 07.02.2026 (Annexure P-1) passed by learned Judicial Magistrate 1^st Class, Hoshiarpur vide which the petitioner was ordered to be summoned through non-bailable warrants in complaint case filed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 bearing NACT No.186 of 2015 titled as Sandhya Devi Vs. Kudos Chemie Ltd.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was earlier granted the concession of anticipatory bail by the concerned trial Court vide order dated 06.07.2017 (Annexure P-2) and had been regularly appearing before the said Court. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner has argued that on 07.02.2026 due to his ill health the petitioner was unable to appear before the trial Court and filed application see